Setting yourself up for success: locked plating in periprosthetic fractures about total knee arthroplasty
Summary: As the incidence of total knee arthroplasty increases, a concurrent increase in periprosthetic fractures will also occur. This article focuses on the most common fracture types and current strategies adopted to overcome this challenging clinical problem. Our goal is to outline the role of l...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) |
| Repositorio: | Repositório Institucional da UFMG |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.ufmg.br:1843/57045 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://hdl.handle.net/1843/57045 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Knee fracture Periprosthetic fracture Knee arthroplasty Distal femoral fracture Fragility fracture Fraturas do Joelho Fraturas Periprotéticas Artroplastia do Joelho Fraturas Femorais Distais |
| Resumo: | Summary: As the incidence of total knee arthroplasty increases, a concurrent increase in periprosthetic fractures will also occur. This article focuses on the most common fracture types and current strategies adopted to overcome this challenging clinical problem. Our goal is to outline the role of locking plates in the management of knee periprosthetic fractures. |
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