Is cemented bipolar hemiarthroplasty a safe treatment for femoral neck fracture in elderly patients?

Figures & data

Table 1 Demographics and clinical characteristics

	Range	Mean ± SD
	N	%
Age (years)	60–110	78.16±8.44
Day of surgery	1–9	2.97±1.62
Barthel score	0–100	43.80±29.12
Harris Hip Score (n=72)	40–80	73.50±7.47
Mortality time (years) (n=68)	0–3	0.53±0.72

Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; n, sample number; N, total number.

Table 2 Baseline and demographic characteristics of patients according to treatment

	Cementless (n=66)	Cemented (n=67)	P
	Mean ± SD (median)	Mean ± SD (median)
Age (years)	78.50±7.04	77.82±9.66	0.644a
Operation day	3.18±1.76 (3.00)	2.76±1.45 (3.00)	0.239b
Barthel score	43.03±29.70 (40.0)	44.55±28.75 (40.0)	0.728b
Harris Hip Score (n=72)	75.36±3.88 (76.0)	72.10±9.12 (76.0)	0.276b
Mortality time (years) (n=68)	0.63±0.84 (0.25)	0.41±0.56 (0.17)	0.911b
VAS score	3.18±1.76 (3.00)	2.86±1.45 (3.00)	0.257b
	n (%)	n (%)
Sex
Male	31 (47.0)	35 (52.2)	0.543c
Female	35 (53.0)	32 (47.8)
Cigarette smokers
+	16 (24.2)	18 (26.9)	0.882d
−	50 (75.8)	49 (73.1)
Morbidity factors
+	54 (81.8)	56 (83.6)	0.968d
−	12 (18.2)	11 (16.4)
Intensive care
+	20 (30.3)	19 (28.4)	0.955d
−	46 (69.7)	48 (71.6)
Complication
+	20 (30.3)	23 (34.3)	0.756d
−	46 (69.7)	44 (65.7)
Mortality
EX	33 (45.5)	35 (48.4)	0.434c
Alive	33 (54.5)	32 (51.6)

Notes:

a Student’s t-test;

b Mann–Whitney U-test;

c Pearson’s chi-squared;

d Yates continuity correction.

Abbreviations: n, sample number; SD, standard deviation; VAS, visual analog scale; EX, exitus/death.