Periprosthetic fractures: the increasing challenges
10.3760/cma.j.cn115530-20230418-00192
- VernacularTitle:假体周围骨折——日益增长的挑战
- Author:
Fan LIU
1
;
Yake LIU
Author Information
1. 南通大学附属医院骨科，南通 226001
- Keywords:
Prosthesis implantation;
Internal fixators;
Joint prosthesis;
Periprosthetic fractures;
Prosthesis revision
- From:
Chinese Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
2023;25(5):380-383
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Surgery for periprosthetic fractures (PPF) is one of the most complex procedures in orthopedics. It is difficult, highly risky and extremely challenging, because the patients are usually advanced in age and suffering from essential organ dysfunction, numerous comorbidities, poor overall body condition, poor bone quality combined with osteolysis and even bone loss, and because the surgeons have to apply the concepts and techniques of Modern Orthopedic Trauma and artificial joint revision techniques in fracture fixation and prosthesis revision. This paper expounds on the clinical challenges due to the characteristics of PPF in order to call on clinical surgeons to update their concepts, deal with seriously and standardize their PPF treatment, and effectively improve their efficacy.
