Abstract:Objective To explore the effect of cemented long-stem artificial femoral head replacement on postoperative activity ability and quality of life in elderly patients with severe osteoporotic intertrochanteric fractures. Methods The data of 50 cases of elderly patients with femoral intertrochanteric comminuted fractures in our hospital from July 2011 to August 2016 were selected for retrospective analysis, and the patients were divided into a control group and a treatment group according to physicians’ recommendations and patients’ wishes. The 22 patients of the control group were treated with proximal femoral nail anti-rotation (PFNA), and the 28 patients of the treatment group were given the cemented long-stem artificial femoral head replacement. The general conditions of operation,Harris hip function score at different postoperative time points, postoperative complications and the MOS 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) score at different postoperative time points were compared between the two groups. Results The operative time and incision length in the treatment group were longer than those in the control group (P < 0.05). And the intraoperative bleeding volume in the treatment group was larger than that in the control group while the off-bed activity time was shorter than that in the control group (P < 0.05). The blood transfusion volume was not significantly different between the two groups (P > 0.05). The Harris scores in the treatment group were higher than those in the control group at 1, 3 and 6 m after operation (P < 0.05), and the Harris score was not significantly different between the two groups at 12 m after operation (P > 0.05). The difference in the total incidence rate of complications was not significant between the two groups (7.14% vs. 27.27%, P > 0.05). The scores of each dimension of SF-36 scale in the treatment group were higher than those in the control group 3 m after operation (P < 0.05), but there was no significant difference in each dimension score of SF-36 scale between the two groups 12 m after operation (P > 0.05). Conclusions Compared with PFNA, the long-stem artificial femoral head replacement can effectively shorten the off-bed activity time with better recovery of hip function in the early stage and higher quality of life, it is a good choice for patients with severe osteoporotic femoral intertrochanteric fractures.