hemiarthroplasty

Indications

Patient > 70

Gjertsen et al JBJS Am 2010

- 4335 patients > 70 with displaced subcapital fractures

- minimum 1 year follow up

- 1 year mortality same in each group / 25%

- 22% reoperation in ORIF v 3% in hemiarthroplasty

- more pain / higher dissatisfaction / lower quality life in ORIF group

Options

Hemiarthroplasty

- unipolar monoblock

- unipolar modular

Advantage

Fewer complications than TSR

Simpler procedure

Epidemiology

>65

Third most common fracture after hip and distal radius

Anatomy

Neck shaft angle 130^o

Head retroverted 20^o relative to shaft

Anatomical neck (junction of head and metaphysis)

Issues

Rotator cuff

- often deficient

Bone stock

- often deficient

Glenoid

- often posterior version 

Management

Options

1.  TSR

Indications

- cuff intact

Epidemiology

2 groups

- young patient with high velocity injury

- older patient with comminuted, osteoporotic fracture

In the second group fixation can be very difficult

Anatomy

Hinged Joint

- trochlea axis is centre of rotation

- 40^o anterior angulation in sagittal plane