Background: Hemiarthroplasty has been accepted as the treatment of choice for displaced femoral neck fractures. In the recent years the use of bone cement in hemiarthroplasty had become a controversial topic as few studies had recommended the use of uncemented hemiarthroplasty because of its minimal complications. Aim: To compare and assess the efficacy of cemented and uncemented bipolar hemiarthroplasty prosthesis among patients with femoral neck fractures. Methodology: A prospective comparative study was conducted at our hospital from the department of Orthopaedics for a period of one year. Patients aged more than 18 years of age of any gender with fracture neck of femur were included as study subjects. A total of 60 patients were included as our study subjects. It was divided into two groups of 30 each, one group received the cemented and the other group underwent an uncemented hemiarthroplasty. Patients were followed up on the 6 th postoperative week for radiological assessment of the implant position and further advised for complete weight bearing as tolerated. Subsequently patients were followed up at 3 rd and 12 th month. At each visit patient was assessed for recovery based on harris hip score which includes post operative pain, return to activities of daily living, shortening of limb, range of movements, deformity and gait.
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