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What Are The Advantages Of Hemiarthroplasty For Fracture In Femur?

im worried!!!! please help!!!

my mom,a 70 yr old, had a fall while taking a bath. Subsequently she could not stand up and complained of left hip pain.
X-rays revealed an impacted fracture neck of left femur. it also showed that she had an old right Colles fracture.

is unipolar cemented hemiarthroplasty encouraged? what are the advantages of undergoing this surgery?
posted on Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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