title: [Type I fractures].
abstract: 55 type I fractures were reviewed. There were 30 male and 25 female, whose average age at revision was 73 years. The average time to fracture after arthroplasty was 7 months. The fracture was spiral in 37 cases. Treatment with a reconstruction prosthesis gave the highest rate of complications including 5 deaths out of 23 cases.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Traumatologique et Orthopédique, Hôpital Nord, Place V. Pauchet, F-80054, Amiens Cedex 1, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mertl
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Blejwas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pleyber
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mauger