Superior and Inferior Capsulotomy in Bipolar Hemiarthroplasty Using Posterior Approach

Seoul National University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Femoral Neck Fractures

Treatments: Procedure: inferior capsulotomy; Procedure: superior capsulotomy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04719936

PAICO study

Details and patient eligibility

About

Investigators will compared the clinical outcomes between superior capulotomy and inferior capsulotomy in bipolar hemiarthropalsty using posterior approach.

Full description

primary clinical outcome will be dislocation within 1 year after surgery.

Enrollment: 3,502 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• more than 50 years old
• displaced femoral neck fractgure

Exclusion criteria

• less than 50 years old

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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3,502 participants in 2 patient groups

inferior capsulotomy group

Experimental group

Description:

inferior capsulotomy will be conducted during posterior approach.

Treatment:

Procedure: inferior capsulotomy

superior capsulotomy group

Active Comparator group

Description:

superior capsulotomy was conducted during posterior approach. (These control group is consisted of patients who received bipolar hemiarthroplasty using superior capsulotomy from January 2010 to December 2020)

Treatment:

Procedure: superior capsulotomy