Open AccessSetting Yourself Up for Success: Locked Plating for Vancouver B1 Fractures
Author(s) -
Cory Collinge
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.0000000000001573
Subject(s) - medicine , periprosthetic , plating (geology) , surgery , general surgery , arthroplasty , geophysics , geology
This chapter discusses principles and controversies surrounding the treatment of periprosthetic fractures around a hip replacement, specifically the Vancouver B1 injury. Evaluation and treatment decisions, as well as surgical tips and tricks, are discussed.