Mortality After Periprosthetic Femur Fractures During and After Primary and Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty.
CONCLUSION: Periprosthetic femur fractures are not associated with excess mortality among primary osteoarthritis patients.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III.
PMID: 30461519 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: J Am Acad Orthop Surg Source Type: research