Mitigating surgical risk in patients undergoing hip arthroplasty for fractures of the proximal femur.
Recently the National Patient Safety Agency in the United Kingdom published a report entitled "Mitigating surgical risk in patients undergoing hip arthroplasty for fractures of the proximal femur". A total of 26 deaths had been reported to them when cement was used at hemiarthroplasty between October 2003 and October 2008. This paper considers the evidence for using cement fixation of a hemiarthroplasty in the treatment of hip fractures.
Timperley
A J
AJ
Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Barrack Road, Exeter EX2 5DW, UK. jtimperley@mac.com
Whitehouse
S L
SL
D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000401:mortality; D002484:Cementation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000401:mortality; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005260:Female; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D006113:United Kingdom