Management of Periprosthetic Fracture Above Total Knee Arthroplasty Using Intramedullary Fibular Allograft and Plate Fixation

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 554-558

  Kumar, Arun ^a   Chambers, Iain ^a   Maistrelli, Gianni ^a   Wong, Paul ^a  

^a TORONTO EAST GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

fibular allograft; periprosthetic fractures; total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE ALLOGRAFT; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FIBULA GRAFT; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; OSTEOPENIA; PLATE FIXATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; BONE WIRES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION;

EID: 44449147771     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2007.05.054     Document Type: Article

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