title: Pre-operative templating for trauma hemiarthroplasty (Thompson's).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Surgical complications may be avoided by preoperative templating in trauma hemiarthroplasty.
  
  
  METHODS
  Digital templates for the Stryker™ range of Thompson's prostheses were created and fifty trauma patients that had undergone cemented hemiarthroplasty were retrospectively templated by 2 blinded surgeons.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Templating for prosthesis size was highly accurate with excellent Inter and intra-observer reproducibility. Sensitivity for identifying femoral canals too narrow for a Thompsons was 100%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Templating is a valuable tool and should be standard practice in trauma. We have demonstrated that it is possible to generate custom templates to allow accurate templating.
authors.affiliation: Trauma and Orthopaedics, Northern Deanery, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear NE21HJ, UK.
authors.forename: Robert Nicholas
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Green
authors.affiliation: Trauma and Orthopaedics, Northern Deanery, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear NE21HJ, UK.
authors.forename: Paul R P
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Rushton
authors.affiliation: North Tyneside General Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: Derek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.affiliation: North Tyneside General Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: Dominic
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Inman
authors.affiliation: Wansbeck General Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: Paul F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Partington
keywords: Hemiarthroplasty; Hip fracture; Neck of femur; Templating; Thompsons