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Elderly Hip Fractures: Similar mortality rates with cemented vs uncemented hemiprostheses
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Elderly Hip Fractures: Similar mortality rates with cemented vs uncemented hemiprostheses
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2013 Jun;133(6):805-9. doi: 10.1007/s00402-013-1726-5. Epub 2013 Mar 27

334 patients, over the age of 75, presenting with cervical hip fractures were randomized to receive either a cemented or uncemented hemiprosthesis to compare mortality rates at 1 year between the two treatments. Results indicated that the uncemented group had a significantly decreased operating time and blood loss compared to the cemented group, without a significantly higher mortality rate (when assessed at 1 year), frequency of transfusions, or a perioperative drop in haemoglobin.

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OrthoEvidence. Elderly Hip Fractures: Similar mortality rates with cemented vs uncemented hemiprostheses. ACE Report. 2013;3(9):2. Available from: https://myorthoevidence.com/AceReport/Report/

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