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Notching the femoral neck during total hip replacement can lead to significantly reduced blood flow to the femoral head, a new study shows.Paul E. Beaulé, MD, FRCSC, and colleagues at the ...

Subcapital femoral neck fractures were created. A simulated posterior comminution defect (1 cm wide × 1.5 cm deep × 0.5 cm deep) was created in the femoral neck of the 8 matched pairs.

Methods. A literature-based search was conducted to identify all relevant studies published before September 10, 2013. The odd ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were used for estimating ...

A recent large trial (Fixation Alternatives in the Treatment of Hip Fractures [FAITH]), in which 1079 patients with a femoral-neck fracture (729 patients with a nondisplaced fracture and 350 with ...

June 10, 2013 Stryker Hip Implant — Adverse Tissue Reaction at the Femoral Neck-Body Junction C. Calvin Warriner III Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley + Follow Contact ...

Kevin K. Kang, MD, from Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York City, and colleagues randomly assigned 50 patients with an isolated intracapsular femoral neck fracture and treated with hip ...

A study by Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) and other centers found that total hip replacement performed with a cementless prosthesis for a femoral neck fracture led to a higher rate of a second ...