TY - JOUR
T1 - Total hip arthroplasty in patients with below-knee amputations
AU - Salai, Moshe
AU - Amit, Yehuda
AU - Chechik, Aharon
AU - Blankstein, Alexander
AU - Dudkiewicz, Israel
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - We present a unique small group of 5 patients with below-knee amputation who underwent total hip arthroplasty after a displaced subcapital fracture of the femur. Three patients were operated on after failed fixation of the fracture, and 2 were operated on as a primary procedure. All 5 patients resumed their prefracture level of activity and mobilization with no deterioration during follow-up (average, 69 months [range, 22-98]). These encouraging results call for use of total hip arthroplasty or hemiarthroplasty as the primary treatment modalities of patients with displaced subcapital femoral head fracture in an extremity with below-knee amputation.
AB - We present a unique small group of 5 patients with below-knee amputation who underwent total hip arthroplasty after a displaced subcapital fracture of the femur. Three patients were operated on after failed fixation of the fracture, and 2 were operated on as a primary procedure. All 5 patients resumed their prefracture level of activity and mobilization with no deterioration during follow-up (average, 69 months [range, 22-98]). These encouraging results call for use of total hip arthroplasty or hemiarthroplasty as the primary treatment modalities of patients with displaced subcapital femoral head fracture in an extremity with below-knee amputation.
KW - Amputations
KW - Hip fracture
KW - Subcapital
KW - Total hip arthroplasty
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U2 - 10.1054/arth.2000.16494
DO - 10.1054/arth.2000.16494
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AN - SCOPUS:0033636966
SN - 0883-5403
VL - 15
SP - 999
EP - 1002
JO - Journal of Arthroplasty
JF - Journal of Arthroplasty
IS - 8
ER -