Hemiarthroplasty Using a Modular Hip Segment in a Patient with a Long Stem Total Knee Prosthesis.
10.5371/jkhs.2009.21.3.272
- Author:
Sung Rak LEE
1
;
Bong Jin LEE
;
Seong Tae KIM
;
Kwon Hee PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cheju Halla General Hospital, Cheju, Korea. schstk27@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Femur neck fracture;
Hemiarthroplasty;
Long stem total knee prosthesis
- MeSH:
Aged;
Arthroplasty;
Femoral Neck Fractures;
Femur;
Follow-Up Studies;
Hemiarthroplasty;
Hip;
Humans;
Knee;
Knee Prosthesis;
Osteolysis
- From:Journal of the Korean Hip Society
2009;21(3):272-274
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Femoral neck fractures frequently occur in elderly patients and the treatment strategies for this are well documented. Revision knee arthroplasty using a long intra-medullary stem has recently been increasingly used for treating complications such as infection, aseptic loosening or instability. The current case had a femoral neck fracture with a well-fixed, long stem knee prosthesis, which reached to near the lesser trochanter of the femur. The authors performed the surgery using impaction of the modular hip segment; its inner diameter was fit to the outer diameter of the femoral stem of the knee prosthesis. At two years postoperative follow-up, the result was excellent without loosening or osteolysis.
