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SUBMITTER: Carli AV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7856391 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Carli Alberto V AV Gkiatas Ioannis I Bauer Thomas W TW Wright Timothy M TM Gonzalez Fernando Quevedo FQ Sculco Peter K PK
Arthroplasty today 20210201
Early periprosthetic fractures after total knee arthroplasty are rare but devastating complications which require revision surgery and lead to poor patient satisfaction. We present 2 siblings who underwent primary total knee arthroplasty on the same day and then both presented 2 weeks after surgery with atraumatic periprosthetic femur fractures. The first patient underwent revision for a cemented distal femoral replacement with stemmed tibial fixation. The second patient underwent an isolated fe ...[more]