Bilateral distal femoral fracture after total knee arthroplasty()

The number of total knee arthroplasties has increased exponentially and their indications have been expanded. This procedure presents challenging complications for orthopedic surgeons that are potentially catastrophic for patients. Here, a rare case of simultaneous bilateral periprosthetic fracture...

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Autores principales: Loures, Fabrício Bolpato, Motta, Jorge Rafael Wenck, Albuquerque, Rodrigo Sattamini Pires e, Barretto, João Maurício, Cavanellas, Naason Trindade
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5091021/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27818985
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rboe.2016.08.018
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author Loures, Fabrício Bolpato
Motta, Jorge Rafael Wenck
Albuquerque, Rodrigo Sattamini Pires e
Barretto, João Maurício
Cavanellas, Naason Trindade
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description The number of total knee arthroplasties has increased exponentially and their indications have been expanded. This procedure presents challenging complications for orthopedic surgeons that are potentially catastrophic for patients. Here, a rare case of simultaneous bilateral periprosthetic fracture of the knee is reported, with discussion of the causal factors, possible management and prophylaxis.
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spelling pubmed-50910212016-11-04 Bilateral distal femoral fracture after total knee arthroplasty() Loures, Fabrício Bolpato Motta, Jorge Rafael Wenck Albuquerque, Rodrigo Sattamini Pires e Barretto, João Maurício Cavanellas, Naason Trindade Rev Bras Ortop Case Report The number of total knee arthroplasties has increased exponentially and their indications have been expanded. This procedure presents challenging complications for orthopedic surgeons that are potentially catastrophic for patients. Here, a rare case of simultaneous bilateral periprosthetic fracture of the knee is reported, with discussion of the causal factors, possible management and prophylaxis. Elsevier 2016-08-30 /pmc/articles/PMC5091021/ /pubmed/27818985 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rboe.2016.08.018 Text en © 2016 Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Bilateral distal femoral fracture after total knee arthroplasty()
title Bilateral distal femoral fracture after total knee arthroplasty()
title_full Bilateral distal femoral fracture after total knee arthroplasty()
title_fullStr Bilateral distal femoral fracture after total knee arthroplasty()
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title_short Bilateral distal femoral fracture after total knee arthroplasty()
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topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5091021/
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