The management of type B1 periprosthetic femoral fractures: when to fix and when to revise

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1873-1879

  Yasen, Adam T ^a   Haddad, Fares S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hip; Periprosthetic fracture; Revision; THA; Treatment; Type B; Unified Classification System; Vancouver classification

Indexed keywords

FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; REVIEW; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TYPE B1 PERIPROSTHETIC FEMORAL FRACTURES; ADVERSE EFFECTS; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HIP PROSTHESIS; HIP REPLACEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURES; PROCEDURES;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURES; REOPERATION;

EID: 84940459242     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-014-2617-2     Document Type: Review

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