Direct anterior compared to posterior approach for hip hemiarthroplasty following femoral neck fractures

doi:10.5312/wjo.v15.i6.605

Advanced Search

BPG is committed to discovery and dissemination of knowledge

Home / Archive / Volume 15, Issue 6

This Article

Academic Content and Language Evaluation of This Article

CrossCheck and Google Search of This Article

Academic Rules and Norms of This Article

Citation of this article

Corresponding Author of This Article

Research Domain of This Article

Article-Type of This Article

Open-Access Policy of This Article

Times Cited Counts in Google of This Article

Number of Hits and Downloads for This Article

Total Article Views (172)

All Articles published online

The chart showing PDF series, HTML series.

Item

Count

PDF

HTML

142

Sum=149

Publishing Process of This Article

The chart showing Browse series, Download series.

Item

Count

Browse

Download

Sum=13

Jun 18, 2024 (publication date) through Jul 2, 2024

Times Cited of This Article

Times Cited (0)

Journal Information of This Article

Publication Name

World Journal of Orthopedics

ISSN

2218-5836

Publisher of This Article

Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA

Letter to the Editor

World J Orthop. Jun 18, 2024; 15(6): 605-607
Published online Jun 18, 2024. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v15.i6.605

Direct anterior compared to posterior approach for hip hemiarthroplasty following femoral neck fractures

Kevin A Wu, Alexandra N Krez, Albert T Anastasio

Kevin A Wu, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC 27710, United States

Alexandra N Krez, Albert T Anastasio, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, United States

Co-corresponding authors: Kevin A Wu and Albert T Anastasio.

Author contributions: Wu KA, Krez AN, and Anastasio AT conceptualized the study and drafted, critically reviewed, and edited the manuscript; All authors approved the final version of the article for publication.

Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Corresponding author: Kevin A Wu, BSc, Researcher, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University Hospital, 2301 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27710, United States. kevin.a.wu@duke.edu

Received: April 20, 2024
Revised: May 17, 2024
Accepted: May 31, 2024
Published online: June 18, 2024
Processing time: 53 Days and 11.9 Hours

Core Tip

Core Tip: The current literature base is contradictory regarding the optimal surgical approach for hip hemiarthroplasty in the management of femoral neck fractures. This topic should be explored further in future randomized control trials.