A Study of Medial Thigh Pain In Fracture Neck of Femur With Bipolar Hemiarthoplasty

Even though after Bipolar hemiarthoplasty for fracture neck of femur in elderly patients, medial thigh pain is persisting in many patients and this is more troublesome to patients. In this study 23 cases of Bipolar hemiarthoplasty were followed up,we found that 13%patients had no pain and 86.9% of patients had medial thigh pain. Medial thigh pain is then radiologically and clinically assessed and we found that varus alignment of stem in 15%,loosening in10%,acetabular erosion with arthritis changes in15%,adductor muscle spasm in10%,shortening in15%.Some of these factors are avoidable by keeping these factors in mind while doing surgery.