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Lee, Son, Heo, Gwun, and Park: Primary Bipolar Hemiarthroplasty Compared with Compression Hip Screw on Treatment of Elderly Unstable Intertrochanteric Fractures
Original Article

Journal of the Korean Society of Fractures 1996; 9(2): 401-408.

Published online: 5 July 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12671/jksf.1996.9.2.401

Primary Bipolar Hemiarthroplasty Compared with Compression Hip Screw on Treatment of Elderly Unstable Intertrochanteric Fractures

Jae Ick Lee, Myung Hwan Son, Seong Geun Heo, Young Ho Gwun, Jae Hong Park

Department of Orthopaedic Surery, Pusan City Medical Center, Pusan, Korea.

Copyright © The Korean Fracture Society

Abstract

The incidence of intertrochanteric fracture of the femur appears to be increasing, Particularly the more unstable comminuted fracture types are increasing, paralleling increased longevity in the population.
Fourteen cases were treated with primary bipolar hemiarthroplasty and eighteen cases were treated with compression hip screw at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery of Pusan City Medical Center from June 1991. to June 1993. The results obtained were as follows;
1. In the bipolar hemiarthroplasty group, rehabilitation was easier and faster, and the incidences of pressure sore, pulmonary infection & atelectasis were significantly lower.
2. The early walking with full weight bearing that the bipolar hemiarthroplasty made possible is considered to be a major contributing factor to those results.

Keywords: Intertrochanteric fracture, Compression hip screw, Bipolar hemiarthroplasty

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