Treatment of periprosthetic femoral fractures following total hip arthroplasty: results of an online survey of the European Hip Society.

Martin ThalerCarmen WeissRicarda LechnerJean-Alain EpinetteTheofilos S KarachaliosLuigi Zagra

Published in: Hip international : the journal of clinical and experimental research on hip pathology and therapy (2021)

A strong consensus was found for the choice of conservative or surgical treatment of the different PPF types according to the Vancouver Classification. Various stem revision techniques were the preferred surgical techniques for Vancouver B2 (91.2%) and B3 (88.6%) fractures. However, for postoperative weight-bearing, when the ORIF technique was used, a significant variation of protocols was found.

Keyphrases

total hip arthroplasty
machine learning
body mass index
patients undergoing
deep learning
weight loss
cross sectional
clinical practice
weight gain
total knee arthroplasty
combination therapy
decision making