Abstract
Periprosthetic supracondylar fractures of the femur after total knee arthroplasty represent a devastating complication for the patient and a technical challenge for the surgeon. Treatment is often complicated by advanced patient age, retained cement, and accompanying osteoporosis. We present the case of a 54-year-old woman with a comminuted fracture of the distal femur just above a total knee prosthesis. She had a complex past medical history, including extensive coronary artery disease, morbid obesity, chronic osteoporosis, anemia, diabetes, and rheumatoid arthritis. She was a Jehovah's Witness and thus refused all blood products. Given her medical history, religious preferences, and fracture comminution, a spanning external fixator was used. She completed fracture union with an excellent clinical and radiographic result at 2 years.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 90-93 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | American journal of orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.) |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| State | Published - Feb 1 2015 |
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Periprosthetic supracondylar femur fracture treated with spanning external fixation. / Refaat, Motasem; Coleman, Sheldon; Meehan, John; Jamali, Amir A.
In: American journal of orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.), Vol. 44, No. 2, 01.02.2015, p. 90-93.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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AU - Refaat, Motasem
AU - Coleman, Sheldon
AU - Meehan, John
AU - Jamali, Amir A.
PY - 2015/2/1
Y1 - 2015/2/1
N2 - Periprosthetic supracondylar fractures of the femur after total knee arthroplasty represent a devastating complication for the patient and a technical challenge for the surgeon. Treatment is often complicated by advanced patient age, retained cement, and accompanying osteoporosis. We present the case of a 54-year-old woman with a comminuted fracture of the distal femur just above a total knee prosthesis. She had a complex past medical history, including extensive coronary artery disease, morbid obesity, chronic osteoporosis, anemia, diabetes, and rheumatoid arthritis. She was a Jehovah's Witness and thus refused all blood products. Given her medical history, religious preferences, and fracture comminution, a spanning external fixator was used. She completed fracture union with an excellent clinical and radiographic result at 2 years.
AB - Periprosthetic supracondylar fractures of the femur after total knee arthroplasty represent a devastating complication for the patient and a technical challenge for the surgeon. Treatment is often complicated by advanced patient age, retained cement, and accompanying osteoporosis. We present the case of a 54-year-old woman with a comminuted fracture of the distal femur just above a total knee prosthesis. She had a complex past medical history, including extensive coronary artery disease, morbid obesity, chronic osteoporosis, anemia, diabetes, and rheumatoid arthritis. She was a Jehovah's Witness and thus refused all blood products. Given her medical history, religious preferences, and fracture comminution, a spanning external fixator was used. She completed fracture union with an excellent clinical and radiographic result at 2 years.
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JO - American Journal of Orthopedics
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