Acute total hip replacement of acetabular fractures with cementless modular revision cups in patients older than 55 years: a retrospective cohort study
Mohammed Rashed, Frank Hildebrand, Ulf Hofmann, Klemens Horst, Benedikt Hürtgen, Eftychios Bolierakis, Till Berk, Hatem Alabdulrahman · 2025
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Description
Mohammed Rashed and co-authors compare hip fracture treatments for older patients in 2025. They studied people over 55 with a broken socket in the hip joint. One path fixes the bone with plates, while the other replaces the hip right away with a modular cup.
The review covered 36 patients treated by one senior surgeon over five years. Hip scores at six months were far higher in the replacement groups than in the fixation group. All repeat operations fell in the fixation group, and none were needed after replacement. Scans showed the new cups stayed firmly fixed in every replacement case.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Mohammed Rashed, Frank Hildebrand, Ulf Hofmann, Klemens Horst, Benedikt Hürtgen, Eftychios Bolierakis, Till Berk, Hatem Alabdulrahman |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 49 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |