title: [Clinical experience of the treatment of ipsilateral femoral shaft fractures after hip arthroplasty].
abstract: Femoral shaft fracture after hip arthroplasty is a rate problem. Between January 1983 and January 1989, twelve cases were admitted to Taichung Veteran General Hospital. The causes of the fractures were due to (1) a weakening of the bone stock secondary to stress risers from prior surgery, (2) prefracture evidence of loosening, and (3) high velocity trauma. The twelve cases were treated with different methods and were followed up within an average time of 21.6 months (ranging from 12 to 66 months). After the treatment, it was showed that 83.3% of the patients had satisfactory results (33.3% of the patients has good results and 50% of the patients had fair results.) A comparison of the superiority of different treatment methods and the short term results of this study was presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Taichung Veteran General Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005592:Fracture Fixation; D006622:Hip Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged