Extract
To The Editor: On reading the Level-I study by Baker et al.
entitled "Total Hip Arthroplasty and Hemiarthroplasty in Mobile,
Independent Patients with a Displaced Intracapsular Fracture of the Femoral
Neck. A Randomized, Controlled Trial," (2006;88:2583-9), in which
hemiarthroplasty was compared with total hip arthroplasty for the treatment of
displaced femoral neck fractures in active elderly patients, I wanted to write
to congratulate the authors for an excellent study regarding an important
topic. Coincidentally, a consortium of United States surgeons (DFACTO
[Displaced Femoral neck fracture Arthroplasty Consortium for Treatment and
Outcomes]) has performed a similar study with strikingly similar results,
which, in November 2006, was submitted for publication in the Journal of
Orthopaedic Trauma.