Locking compression plate and cerclage band for type B1 periprosthetic femoral fractures preliminary results at average 30-month follow-up.
We present results of 12 type B1 periprosthetic femoral fractures treated with locking compression plate and cerclage band from January 2003 to June 2007. The average follow-up was 30.1 months. Twelve fractures united in an average period of 4.8 months. The mean Harris hip score was 84.4. One patient presented with loosening of proximal screws at 5 months. This patient was treated nonoperatively as she had radiographic evidence of fracture union. One patient with delayed union required 9 months to heal. Unfortunately, 1 month later, she sustained a type C fracture during a slipping injury and treated with cast immobilization. The fracture united after 4 months. None had complications of loss of reduction, plate break, and wound infection.
Xue
Huaming
H
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Yangpu District CentralHospital, Shanghai, China.
Tu
Yihui
Y
Cai
Minwei
M
Yang
Anli
A
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001860:Bone Plates; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005269:Femur / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000502:physiology; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D057068:Periprosthetic Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013537:Sutures; D017211:Treatment Failure; D016896:Treatment Outcome