title: Surgical treatment of peri-prosthetic fractures after total knee replacement (author's transl).
abstract: An operative procedure is described for the treatment of periprosthetic fractures of the femur after total knee replacement. The special problems of osteosynthesis are being discussed. In case of technical contraindications the partial replacement of the distal femur is being recommended as an alternative procedure.
mesh_terms: D001178:Arthroplasty / Q000379:methods; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D006801:Humans; D007595:Joint Prosthesis; D007719:Knee Joint; D011183:Postoperative Complications
vernacular_title: Zur operativen Behandlung periprothetischer Oberschenkelfrakturen nach Kniegelenktotalendoprothesen