Who, if anyone, may benefit from a total hip arthroplasty after a displaced femoral neck fracture?: a post hoc subgroup analysis of the HEALTH trial.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The aim of this study was to explore the functional results in a fitter subgroup of participants in the Hip Fracture Evaluation with Alternatives of Total Hip Arthroplasty versus Hemiarthroplasty (HEALTH) trial to determine whether there was an advantage of total hip arthroplasty (THA) versus hemiarthroplasty (HA) in this population.

Methods

We performed a post hoc exploratory analysis of a fitter cohort of patients from the HEALTH trial. Participants were aged over 50 years and had sustained a low-energy displaced femoral neck fracture (FNF). The fittest participant cohort was defined as participants aged 70 years or younger, classified as American Society of Anesthesiologists grade I or II, independent walkers prior to fracture, and living at home prior to fracture. M

SUBMITTER: Frihagen F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9422900 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature