Periprosthetic fractures are especially common in patients with prior total knee replacement or revision total hip replacement a decade after primary total hip replacement, according to study ...

Chronic, atrophic nonunion of a periprosthetic distal femur fracture proximal to a well-fixed total knee replacement. The patient had two prior attempts at open reduction internal fixation with ...

Background: The increasing implantation rates of total hip and knee prostheses have been accompanied by a corresponding rise in periprosthetic fractures (PPF), most often affecting the femur ...

Background. The growing utilization of total joint replacement will increase the frequency of its complications, including periprosthetic fracture. The prevalence and risk factors of ...

Atypical femoral fractures (AFFs) in patients with hip or knee replacements are more similar to AFFs than to periprosthetic femoral fractures and are more likely in patients taking bisphosphonates.

The number of total knee replacement (TKR) procedures continues to climb, ... Revisions due to periprosthetic fractures were associated with the longest length of hospital stay ...

A Swedish study shows that individuals with total knee replacement (TKR) due to primary osteoarthritis had a low risk for hip and vertebral fracture in the decade before surgery. However, after ...

Robotic arms perform invasive orthopaedic surgery, though pin spikes still are leaving postoperative drawbacks consistently, causing periprosthetic fractures. In widely practiced robot-assisted ...