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Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in Patients Older Than Age 80 Years
Rubin LE, Blood TD, Defillo-Draiby JC. Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in Patients Older Than Age 80 Years. Journal Of The American Academy Of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2016, 24: 683-690. PMID: 27579814, DOI: 10.5435/jaaos-d-15-00278.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal hipKnee arthroplastyOlder patientsLength of hospitalRisk of morbidityAge 80 yearsTotal knee arthroplastyPain reliefElderly patientsMinor complicationsPerioperative safetyYounger patientsClinical outcomesFunctional outcomePatient satisfactionRevision surgeryAdvanced ageMortality ratePatientsOrthopaedic surgeonsArthroplastyHipMorbidityDemographic profileSurgeons
2017
Intraoperative Femur Fracture Risk During Primary Direct Anterior Approach Cementless Total Hip Arthroplasty With and Without a Fracture Table
Cohen EM, Vaughn JJ, Ritterman SA, Eisenson DL, Rubin LE. Intraoperative Femur Fracture Risk During Primary Direct Anterior Approach Cementless Total Hip Arthroplasty With and Without a Fracture Table. The Journal Of Arthroplasty 2017, 32: 2847-2851. PMID: 28511947, DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2017.04.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntraoperative femur fracturesTotal hip arthroplastyCementless total hip arthroplastyDirect anterior approachFracture tableHip arthroplastyNonfracture patientsDAA total hip arthroplastySurgical technique variationsStatistical differenceFemoral neck fracturesRevision femoral stemFemur fracture riskAnterior approachMale patientsRetrospective reviewNeck fracturesFemur fracturesFracture riskExclusion criteriaPatientsAverage ageHip surgeonsBone hookFemoral implants