title: Use of the Giliberty bipolar endoprosthesis in femoral neck fractures.
abstract: Thirty-three patients (average age, 78.9 years) with femoral neck fractures were treated with Giliberty bipolar prosthesis inserted through a posterior approach. There were four procedure-related deaths. Nine patients required readmission for treatment of complications including five patients with a dislocated prosthesis and two with a disassembled prosthesis. The average hospital stay was 30.2 days. Varus position of the cup is a possible cause of component disassembly. This prosthesis is probably unsuitable in the elderly patient with a femoral neck fracture.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009068:Movement; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011859:Radiography