Periprosthetic supracondylar femoral fractures following knee arthroplasty: a biomechanical comparison of four methods of fixation

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1737-1742

  Mäkinen, Tatu J ^a   Dhotar, Herman S ^a   Fichman, Simcha G ^a   Gunton, Matthew J ^a   Woodside, Mitchell ^b   Safir, Oleg ^a   Backstein, David ^a   Willett, Thomas L ^b   Kuzyk, Paul R T ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allograft; Intramedullary nail; Locked plate; Periprosthetic fracture; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR IMPLANT; FEMUR OSTEOTOMY; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY FIBULAR STRUT ALLOGRAFT WITH POLYAXIAL LOCKING PLATE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; MECHANICAL TORSION; NON LOCKING PLATE; PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURE; PLATE FIXATION; POLYAXIAL LOCKING PLATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANATOMIC MODEL; BONE NAIL; FEMORAL FRACTURES; KNEE REPLACEMENT; PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURES;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURES;

EID: 84940459758     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-015-2764-0     Document Type: Article

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