• Syed Imran Bukhari, Noman Ali, Saleem Ullah, and Mian Asad Ullah.
• Dr. Syed Imran Bukhari, FCPS. Department of Trauma & Orthopedics, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan.
• Pak J Med Sci. 2024 Jul 1; 40 (6): 107310761073-1076.

ObjectiveTo know about the trends in the management of neck of femur fractures with arthroplasty in patients ≥ 50 years.MethodsIt is a retrospective cross-sectional study with data collection from Hospital Management Information System from 1st January 2020 to 31st July 2023. SPSS version 25 was used for data analysis. Mean & standard deviation was reported for quantitative variable & frequency and proportion were reported for qualitative variables. The cross- tabulations were performed to evaluate the association between the variables.ResultsTotal number of patients in this study was 305. Mean age was 67.80 ± 10.5 SD. Male to female ratio was 150:155. Co-morbidities were found in 126 patients. The surgical options used were Austin Moore prosthesis (64), Cemented Bipolar (36), Hybrid Total Hip Replacement (7), Non-cemented Total Hip Replacement (86), Cemented Total Hip Replacement (32), Uncemented Bipolar (71). Garden Type-2 fracture was noted in 33 patients, Type-3 in 170 patients and Type-4 in 87 patients. Cemented stem was used in 74 patients while 222 patients had non-cemented stem.ConclusionOne quarter of the patients had cemented stem implanted compared to three quarter of the patients who had non-cemented stem.Copyright: © Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences.

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