The Feasibility of Using the Direct Anterior Approach for Total Hip Arthroplasty or Bipolar Hemiarthroplasty to Treat Femoral Neck Fractures among the Elderly

Table 3

Fatal complications in BHA group and THA group within 6 months postoperatively.

	Cause of death		Survival period
BHA	Urethral cancer	Already diagnosed at surgery	2 months
BHA	Hemodialysis	Already diagnosed at surgery	5 months
THA	Undifferentiated lung cancer	Diagnosed at death	4 months
THA	Acute pancreatitis	Diagnosed before death	3 months
BHA	Senility	Diagnosed before death	3 months