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11938516

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-4-8
pubmed:abstractText
Ten supracondylar fractures of the femur above a total knee arthroplasty were treated with open reduction and internal fixation using a metal plate and cortical allograft struts. Failure with nonunion of previous operative treatments was seen in 5 patients. The other 5 patients had either severe osteopenia or comminution of the fracture above the knee prosthesis. At an average of 38 months' follow-up, all the fractures healed with an average union time of 17.6 weeks. The postoperative knee alignment averaged 5.1 degrees valgus. Infection occurred in 1 patient, which resulted in a poor outcome. The remaining 9 patients were functioning well at the most recent follow-up examination. The use of cortical allograft struts combined with a compression plate provided satisfactory results for supracondylar fractures above knee prostheses with severe osteopenia or loss of bone stock after initial failure of internal fixation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0883-5403
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
365-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Supracondylar fractures of the femur above total knee arthroplasties with cortical allograft struts.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China. lee415@adm.cgmh.org.tw
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article