Pre-operative templating for trauma hemiarthroplasty (Thompson's).
retrospective_cohort · Level III
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Abstract
Surgical complications may be avoided by preoperative templating in trauma hemiarthroplasty. Digital templates for the Stryker™ range of Thompson's prostheses were created and fifty trauma patients that had undergone cemented hemiarthroplasty were retrospectively templated by 2 blinded surgeons. Templating for prosthesis size was highly accurate with excellent Inter and intra-observer reproducibility. Sensitivity for identifying femoral canals too narrow for a Thompsons was 100%. Templating is a valuable tool and should be standard practice in trauma. We have demonstrated that it is possible to generate custom templates to allow accurate templating.