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Even when treated with intramedullary nails, the overall complication rates are high, especially for unstable or highly comminuted fractures or in the presence of poor bone quality. Hip arthroplasty is an alternative in older patients with intertrochanteric femur fractures at high risk of fixation failure or with concomitant intraarticular pathologies. Especially patients whose condition precludes prolonged bedrest and who are at risk of significant deterioration if their locomotor function cannot be restored rapidly are likely to benefit from hip arthroplasty. The choice of the surgical technique mainly depends on the surgeon\u2019s preferences and the fracture characteristics. Bipolar hemiarthroplasty is the most common type of prosthesis used with primary or revision femoral stems. Compared with intramedullary nails, hip arthroplasty has a better early functional outcome and lower rates of surgical complications as well as reoperations. However, the functional outcome and the mortality rate in the longer term tend to favor intramedullary nails, even though the results are inconsistent, and a statistically significant difference cannot always be obtained. Currently, there are no guidelines that define the role of hip arthroplasty in the treatment of intertrochanteric femur fractures in older patients. The literature only offers an overview of the possibilities of the usage of hip arthroplasty, but methodological limitations are common, and evidence levels are low. Further studies are needed to identify the intertrochanteric fractures that are at high risk of internal fixation failure, the characteristics that determine which patients may benefit most from hip arthroplasty, and the optimal surgical technique.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina57080763","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,7,27]],"date-time":"2021-07-27T22:35:02Z","timestamp":1627425302000},"page":"763","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":32,"title":["Treatment of Intertrochanteric Femur Fractures with Hip Arthroplasty in Older Patients: A Narrative Review of Indications and Outcomes"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"57","author":[{"given":"Tiago","family":"Martinho","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Ismaninger Street 22, 81675 Munich, Germany"},{"name":"Division of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals, Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Karl","family":"Stoffel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,7,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"465","DOI":"10.1359\/jbmr.061113","article-title":"Incidence and economic burden of osteoporosis-related fractures in the United States, 2005\u20132025","volume":"22","author":"Burge","year":"2007","journal-title":"J. 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