Substantially higher prevalence of postoperative periprosthetic fractures in octogenarians with hip fractures operated with a cemented, polished tapered stem rather than an anatomic stem

Sebastian MukkaDepartment of Orthopedics, Sundsvall Hospital, Sundsvall, and Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Umeå University, Umeå;; Correspondence[email protected]

Carl MellnerDepartment of Orthopedics, Sundsvall Hospital, Sundsvall, and Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Umeå University, Umeå;;

Björn KnutssonDepartment of Orthopedics, Sundsvall Hospital, Sundsvall, and Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Umeå University, Umeå;; ;Department of Surgical Sciences, Section of Orthopedics, Uppsala University, Uppsala;

Arkan Sayed-NoorDepartment of Orthopedics, Sundsvall Hospital, Sundsvall, and Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Umeå University, Umeå;;

Olof SköldenbergDepartment of Orthopedics, Danderyd Hospital and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, and Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Substantially higher prevalence of postoperative periprosthetic fractures in octogenarians with hip fractures operated with a cemented, polished tapered stem rather than an anatomic stem

Table 1. Patient characteristics. Values are n (%)

Table 2. Periprosthetic fractures, surgical treatment, and surgical outcome. Values are n

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Substantially higher prevalence of postoperative peri­prosthetic fractures in octogenarians with hip fractures operated with a cemented, polished tapered stem rather than an anatomic stem

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Table 1. Patient characteristics. Values are n (%)

Table 2. Periprosthetic fractures, surgical treatment, and surgical outcome. Values are n

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Substantially higher prevalence of postoperative periprosthetic fractures in octogenarians with hip fractures operated with a cemented, polished tapered stem rather than an anatomic stem