Comparative Interrupted Time Series Analysis of Direct Medical Expense and Length of Stay in Elderly Patients with Femoral Neck Fractures Who Underwent Total Hip Arthroplasty and Hemiarthroplasty: A Real World Nationwide Database Study
CONCLUSIONS: When performing THA in elderly patients with femoral neck fractures, the possibility of survival for at least 2 years should be considered from the perspective of medical expense and medical utilization. Additionally, in healthy and active male femoral neck fracture patients under the age of 80 years, THA may be more recommended than HA.PMID:38562640 | PMC:PMC10973615 | DOI:10.4055/cios23282
Source: Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Seung-Hoon Kim Suk-Yong Jang Yonghan Cha Bo-Yeon Kim Hyo-Jung Lee Gui-Ok Kim Source Type: research