title: Total hip arthroplasty versus hemiarthroplasty for displaced femoral neck fractures: meta-analysis of randomized trials.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Most patients with displaced femoral neck fractures are treated by THA and hemiarthroplasty, but it remains uncertain which if either is associated with better function and lower risks of complications.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  We performed a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to determine whether THA was associated with lower rates of reoperations, mortality, complications, and better function compared with hemiarthroplasty.
  
  
  METHODS
  We searched the PubMed, Embase, Chinese Biomedicine Literature, and Cochrane Register of Controlled Trials databases and identified 12 RCTs (including a total of 1320 patients) for meta-analysis. Risk ratios (RRs) and weighted mean differences (WMDs) from each trial were pooled using random-effects or fixed-effects models depending on the heterogeneity of the included studies.
  
  
  RESULTS
  THA was associated with a lower risk of subsequent reoperations compared with hemiarthroplasty (RR = 0.53; 95% CI, 0.34-0.84). There was no difference in mortality between patients undergoing THA and hemiarthroplasty (RR = 0.81; 95% CI, 0.60-1.09). For complications, there was a higher risk of dislocation in patients undergoing THA (RR = 1.99; 95% CI, 1.26-3.15), but there were no differences in local infections (RR = 1.60; 95% CI, 0.74-3.46) and general complications (RR = 1.15; 95% CI, 0.91-1.45). Patients with THA had higher Harris hip scores at 1 year (WMD = 3.81; 95% CI, 0.87-6.74) and at 3 or 4 years (WMD = 10.07; 95% CI, 6.92-13.21).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Despite more dislocations, THA can benefit patients with displaced femoral neck fractures with a lower reoperation rate and higher functional scores.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Chinese General Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Bejing, China.
authors.forename: Ligang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jiying
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D017760:Bone Malalignment / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D016206:Databases, Bibliographic; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006304:Health Status; D006617:Hip Dislocation / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D011788:Quality of Life; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012086:Reoperation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015996:Survival Rate