High Failure Rates of Locking Compression Plate Osteosynthesis with Transverse Fracture around a Well-Fixed Stem Tip for Periprosthetic Femoral Fracture

This study investigated the incidence of failure after locking compression plate (LCP) osteosynthesis around a well-fixed stem of periprosthetic femoral fractures (PFFs). We retrospectively evaluated outcomes of 63 Vancouver type B1 and C PFFs treated with LCP between May 2001 and February 2018. The mean follow-up duration was 47 months. Only patients with fracture fixation with a locking plate without supplemental allograft struts were included. We identified six periprosthetic fractures of proximal Vancouver B1 fractures with spiral pattern (Group A). Vancouver B1 fractures around the stem tip were grouped into seven transverse fracture patterns (Group B) and 38 other fracture patterns such as comminuted, oblique, or spiral (Group C). Vancouver C fractures comprised 12 periprosthetic fractures with spiral, comminuted, or oblique patterns (Group D). Fracture healing without complications was achieved in all six cases in Group A, 4/7 (57%) in Group B, 35/38 (92%) in Group C, and 11/12 (92%) in Group D, respectively. The failure rates of transverse Vancouver type B1 PFFs around the stem tip were significantly different from those of Vancouver type B1/C PFFs with other patterns. For fracture with transverse pattern around the stem tip, additional fixation is necessary because LCP osteosynthesis has high failure rates.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Journal of clinical medicine - 9(2020), 11 vom: 22. Nov.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Min, Byung-Woo [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Kyung-Jae [VerfasserIn]
Cho, Chul-Hyun [VerfasserIn]
Lee, In-Gyu [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Beom-Soo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Complications
Failure
Journal Article
Locking compression plate
Minimally invasive
Open reduction
Osteosynthesis
Periprosthetic femoral fracture

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Date Revised 07.12.2020

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/jcm9113758

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM318325527