Periprosthetic fractures: epidemiology and current treatment.

Periprosthetic fractures: epidemiology and current treatment. Clin Cases Miner Bone Metab. 2017 May-Aug;14(2):189-196 Authors: Capone A, Congia S, Civinini R, Marongiu G Abstract Periprosthetic fractures are becoming increasingly frequent due to aging population and growing number of total joint replacements involving joints different from hip and knee, such as shoulder and elbow. The treatment of these fractures still represents one of the major challenges for the orthopedic surgeon. Despite all efforts to understand and treat these patients, high rate of failure and mortality are still reported. In this review, the epidemiology of periprosthetic fractures, risk factors and results of surgical treatment are disclosed. Moreover, we propose a treatment algorithm based on the findings of the New Unified Classification System. PMID: 29263732 [PubMed]
Source: Clinical Cases in Mineral and Bone Metabolism - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Clin Cases Miner Bone Metab Source Type: research