Periprosthetic distal femur fractures around total knee replacements: A comprehensive review

• Published in: Injury Vol. 54; no. 4; pp. 1030 - 1038
• Main Authors: Al-Jabri, Talal, Ridha, Mohamed, McCulloch, Robert Allan, Jayadev, Chethan, Kayani, Babar, Giannoudis, Peter V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2023
• Subjects: Aged; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee - adverse effects; Endoprosthetic reconstruction; Femoral Fractures - etiology; Femoral Fractures, Distal; Femur - surgery; Fracture Fixation, Internal - adverse effects; Humans; Hybrid fixation; Orthopedics; Periprosthetic fracture; Periprosthetic Fractures - etiology; Total knee replacement; MM; USA; IM; Total knee replacement; Periprosthetic fracture; ORIF; PPF; Endoprosthetic reconstruction; cm; AO; PJI; CT; DFR; MSIS; Hybrid fixation; UK; NJR; NICE; OTA; TKRs; Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen; United States of America; Millimetres; Intramedullary; Distal femoral replacement; Periprosthetic joint infection; National Joint Registry; Computed Tomography; Open reduction internal fixation; Centimetres; National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence; United Kingdom; Orthopaedic Trauma Association; Musculoskeletal Infection Society; Total knee replacements

With a growing number of patients undergoing total knee replacements globally, coupled with an elderly population, the incidence of periprosthetic fractures around total knee replacements is increasing. As such, this is a highly topical subject that is gaining increasing interest within the orthopae...