Open AccessSetting Yourself Up for Success: Locked Plating in Periprosthetic Fractures About Total Knee Arthroplasty
Author(s) -
Robinson Esteves Santos Pires,
Maurício Kfuri
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of orthopaedic trauma
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1531-2291
pISSN - 0890-5339
DOI - 10.1097/bot.0000000000001565
Subject(s) - periprosthetic , medicine , total knee arthroplasty , arthroplasty , incidence (geometry) , plating (geology) , surgery , physics , geophysics , optics , geology
As the incidence of total knee arthroplasty increases, a concurrent increase in periprosthetic fractures will also occur. This article focuses on the most common fracture types and current strategies adopted to overcome this challenging clinical problem. Our goal is to outline the role of locking plates in the management of knee periprosthetic fractures.