Risk factors for conversion surgery to total hip arthroplasty of a hemiarthroplasty performed for a femoral neck fracture
Grosso M, Danoff J, Thacher R, Murtaugh T, Hickernell T, Shah R, Macaulay W. Risk factors for conversion surgery to total hip arthroplasty of a hemiarthroplasty performed for a femoral neck fracture. Hip International 2018, 28: 168-172. PMID: 29890908, DOI: 10.1177/1120700018768654.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFemoral neck fracturesLeg length discrepancyConversion surgeryAbsence of dementiaNeck fracturesRisk factorsIndex surgeryHip arthroplastyYounger ageHigher body mass indexContralateral femoral headConversion of hemiarthroplastyBody mass indexMultivariate logistic regressionCase-control studyTotal hip arthroplastyRisk of conversionFemoral head sizeHead sizeControl patientsPatient characteristicsMass indexLength discrepancyUnivariate analysisIntraoperative considerations