The Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Recovery of Hip Fracture Patients.

Purpose: To figure out how complete control of family visits to prevent infection of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) affected the activity recovery of hip fracture patients admitted to nursing hospitals.

Materials And Methods: Eighty-one patients with hip surgery in the two years prior to COVID-19 pandemic were classified as Group A, and 103 patients in the next two years were designated as Group B. The subjects' walking ability was evaluated by using the modified Koval index (MKI).

Hemiarthroplasty through Direct Anterior Approach for Unstable Femoral Intertrochanteric Fractures in the Elderly: Analysis of Early Cases.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine whether the direct anterior approach (DAA) can be applied to hemiarthroplasty for treatment of unstable femoral intertrochanteric fractures in elderly patients.

Materials And Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of 34 cases (34 patients) who underwent bipolar hemiarthroplasty using a DAA from February 2019 to April 2020. The mean age of the patients was 82.

Direct Anterior Approach for Total Hip Arthroplasty in the Elderly with Femoral Neck Fractures: Comparison with Conventional Posterolateral Approach.

Background: The aim of this study was to determine if it was feasible and safe to perform total hip arthroplasty (THA) using the direct anterior approach (DAA) when compared with the conventional posterolateral approach (PA) in patients with femoral neck fractures. The time required to start walking was investigated to identify advantages of the muscle-sparing approach. Safety of the approach was judged based on the incidence and nature of all complications.

The Influence of Restrictive Pulmonary Dysfunction on Osteoporotic Thoracic Vertebral Fractures.

Study Design: A cross-sectional study.

Purpose: To examine the influence of restrictive pulmonary dysfunction on osteoporotic thoracic vertebral fractures.

Overview Of Literature: Osteoporotic thoracic vertebral fractures generally result in an increased kyphotic angle, which in turn may lead to pulmonary function impairment.

Early Experience of Direct Anterior Approach Total Hip Arthroplasty: Analysis of the First 53 Cases.

Purpose: To determine if it is feasible and safe for a surgeon to transition from using the posterolateral approach to direct anterior approach (DAA) by evaluating the first 53 cases of total hip arthroplasty using a DAA.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective review of 52 patients who underwent THA using a DAA between July 2017 and December 2018. Reasons for THA were: femoral neck fracture (n=34), avascular necrosis (n=13), and arthritis (n=6).