The natural history of the hemiarthroplasty for displaced intracapsular femoral neck fractures

Figures & data

Table 1. Preoperative comorbidities

	No. of patients (%)
Senile dementia	61 (20)
Cardiovascular	68 (22)
Neurological	34 (11)
Respiratory	24 (8)
Morbid obesitas	16 (5)
Diabetes (I and II)	22 (7)
Other	40 (13)
Pathological fracture	6 (2)

Table 2. Change of living situation

	Preoperatively (%)	At discharge (%)
Independently	50	13
Home for elderly	32	34
Nursing home	14	41
Different care facility or hospital	1	7
Unknown	3	0
In-hospital mortality	0	5

Figure 1. Survival of hemiarthroplasties.

Table 3. Late aseptic complications. Numbers of revisions are shown in square brackets

	Age < 75 (n = 75)			Age ≥ 75 (n = 138)
	n	(%)	revised	n	(%)	revised
Protrusion	8	(11)	[4]	1	(1)	[0]
Loosening	14	(19)	[10]	6	(4)	[3]
Combination of both	4	(5)	[4]	1	(1)	[1]
Arthrosis	3	(4)	[1]	0
Total late complications	29	(39)	[19 = 25%]	8	(6)	[4 = 3%] ^a

^a p < 0.001

Figure 2. Survival of patients and hemiarthroplasties.