hemiarthroplasty

Patients with an anticipated survival of less than three years and patients whose activity level is low should be considered for hemiarthroplasty.

However, in the elderly and in the patient with osteoporosis, a hemiarthroplasty is the treatment of choice.

Expanding its use to new centers will support the benefits of PyroCarbon in hemiarthroplasty."

Internal fixation is associated with a higher risk of implant failure than hemiarthroplasty (femoral head replacement).

For example the Birmingham hip resurfacing and the Thompson Hemiarthroplasty.

It was about a foot in length and it bolted to the resected end of the femoral shaft (hemiarthroplasty).

Hemiarthroplasty is a surgical procedure which replaces one half of the joint with an artificial surface and leaves the other part in its natural (pre-operative) state.

Internal fixation versus hemiarthroplasty for the displaced subcapital fracture of the femur: a prospective, randomised study.

Displaced subcapital fractures of the femur: a prospective, randomized comparison of internal fixation, hemiarthroplasty and total hip replacement.

In elderly patients with displaced or intracapsular fractures many surgeons prefer to undertake a hemiarthroplasty, replacing the broken part of the bone with a metal implant.

People diagnosed with glenohumeral arthritis and rotator cuff anthropathy often undergo hemiarthroplasty, which entails replacement of the humerus portion of the shoulder joint.

Bipolar hemiarthroplasty for sub-capital fracture of the femoral neck: a prospective, randomised trial of cemented Thompson and uncemented Moore stems.

Thomas M Dislocation after hemiarthroplasty of the hip: a comparison of the dislocation rate after posterior and lateral approaches to the hip.

A total hip replacement (total hip arthroplasty) consists of replacing both the acetabulum and the femoral head while hemiarthroplasty generally only replaces the femoral head.

Limited rehab: After total shoulder replacement or hemiarthroplasty which involved a rotator cuff repair, a fracture or other complicating factors where particular care must be exercised and will be specified.

Arthritis of the shoulder can be treated with total shoulder replacement, hemiarthroplasty (half a replacement), or a reverse shoulder implant (for arthritis with large rotator cuff tear).

Unipolar vs. bipolar hemiarthroplasty Radiological studies have suggested that, in many patients, bipolar prostheses move almost entirely at the outer articulation,134 and therefore simply act as expensive unipolar prostheses.

Resurfacing avoids the need for a stem down the humeral canal or a glenoid replacement, and the PyroCarbon material shows favourable wear resistance and biocompatibility against cartilage and bone in hemiarthroplasty.

Thirty-two patients who had been treated by THR were reviewed after a mean of 3.7 years and compared with 42 patients who had been treated by hemiarthroplasty who were reviewed at 3.9 years.

Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery - American Volume 1998 Jan;80(1):70-5 Squires B; Bannister G Displaced intracapsular neck of femur fractures in mobile independent patients: total hip replacement or hemiarthroplasty?.

Hip implants for hemiarthroplasty - Austin-Moore, F.R. Thompson and Thompson Modular endoprostheses manufactured by Biomet UK Ltd.