Outcomes of treatment and rehabilitation of recrudescence periprosthetic femur fractures after operative stabilization using Mennen plate
Golec, E.; Nowak, S.; Walocha, J.; Golec, J.; Szczygieł, E.; Ciszek, E.
Chirurgia Narzadow Ruchu i Ortopedia Polska 74(2): 82-88
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 0009-479X PMID: 19514487 Document Number: 633683
The authors present outcomes of treatment and rehabilitations of recrudescence periprosthetic femur fractures after operative treatment using Mennen plate. Clinical material of 2000-2007 years are 31 patients including 26 female (83.9%) and 5 male (16.1%), aged between 54 and 78 years, on average 62-years-old. Recrudescence periprosthetic femur fractures took place in 7 patients (22.5%) including 6 female (19.3%) and 1 male (3.2%). Evaluation of obtained outcomes the authors making in base on Harris rating score criteria and radiological confirmation of implant stability and periprosthetic fractures differentiated according to Vancouver classification. They pointed that recrudescence periprosthetic femur fractures occurred the most in patient after revision hip replacement, after primary type B3 fracture and the most frequent are secondary type C fracture nature.