Trends in Cemented Fixation in Hemiarthroplasty for Hip Fractures in Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Bacground

The use of cemented fixation is widely recommended in hip arthroplasty for hip fractures, although it is not used universally.

Methods

We describe the trends in cementing prevalence in hemiarthroplasty for hip fractures in Canada for patients ≥55 years old between April 2017 and March 2022.

Results

The national prevalence of cemented fixation increased from 43% in 2017/18 to 58% in 2021/22, but there was a large variety of both the baseline prevalence and the trends across the country and between individual hospitals. The proportion of surgeons only performing cementless fixation fell from 30% to 21% between 2018/19 and 2021/22.

Conclusions

As cemented fixation is now universally recommended, more coordination is needed to track these trends and to he

SUBMITTER: Righolt CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11222958 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature