Pre-operative templating for trauma hemiarthroplasty (Thompson's).
INTRODUCTION
Surgical complications may be avoided by preoperative templating in trauma hemiarthroplasty.


MATERIALS AND METHODS
Digital templates for the Stryker™ range of Thompson's prostheses were created and fifty trauma patients that had undergone cemented hemiarthroplasty were retrospectively templated by 2 blinded surgeons.


RESULTS
Templating for prosthesis size was highly accurate with excellent Inter and intra-observer reproducibility. Sensitivity for identifying femoral canals too narrow for a Thompsons was 100%.


CONCLUSIONS
Templating is a valuable tool and should be standard practice in trauma. We have demonstrated that it is possible to generate custom templates to allow accurate templating.
['Green|Robert Nicholas|RN|', 'Rushton|Paul R P|PR|', 'Kramer|Derek|D|', 'Inman|Dominic|D|', 'Partington|Paul F|PF|']
Templating Hemiarthroplasty Thompsons Hip fracture Neck of femur