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PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURES IN TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY

The increasing number of total knee arthroplasties, in combination with the population's longer life expectancy, has led to a greater number of long-term complications. These add to the poor bone quality of elderly patients and often culminate in periprosthetic fractures. This complex orthopedi...

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Autores principales: de Alencar, Paulo Gilberto Cimbalista, De Bortoli, Giovani, Ventura Vieira, Inácio Facó, Uliana, Christiano Saliba
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4799131/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27022546
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2255-4971(15)30362-1
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Sumario:The increasing number of total knee arthroplasties, in combination with the population's longer life expectancy, has led to a greater number of long-term complications. These add to the poor bone quality of elderly patients and often culminate in periprosthetic fractures. This complex orthopedic problem has a great diversity of clinical presentation. It may affect any of the bones in the knee and, because of the difficulty in finding solutions, may lead to disastrous outcomes. Its treatment requires that orthopedists should have broad knowledge both of arthroplasty techniques and of osteosynthesis, as well as an elaborate therapeutic arsenal including, for example, access to a bone bank.