The clinical and economic burden of proximal femur periprosthetic fractures.

Alessandro Aprato F Tosto A Comba D Mellano Alice Piccato W Daghino Alessandro Massè

Published in: Musculoskeletal surgery (2021)

In proximal femur periprosthetic fractures, either fixation or revision plus fixation presents high costs but patients' postoperative quality of life is poor.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
total hip arthroplasty
minimally invasive
total knee arthroplasty
total hip
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
bone mineral density
peritoneal dialysis
patients undergoing
prognostic factors
postmenopausal women
patient reported outcomes
finite element