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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 101-B, Issue SUPP_13 | Pages 7 - 7
1 Nov 2019
Vinay S Housden P Charles L Parker MJ
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Background

Hip Hemiarthroplasty is one of the commonest orthopaedic operation done in UK with recent NHFD data from 2017 report showing that 43% of the 77000 patients who presented to hospital had hemiarthroplasty. Literature suggests dislocation rate of 0.8% – 6.1% for Hip Hemiarthroplasty. Dislocation of hemiarthroplasty may lead to significant morbidity and mortality.

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To investigate if acetabular dysplasia has a significant association with hemiarthroplasty dislocation.