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Use of locking plates for fixation of the greater trochanter in patients with hip replacement.
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- Primary Arthroplasty for Unstable and Failed Intertrochanteric Fractures: Role of Multi-Planar Trochanteric Wiring Technique.Hip & pelvis · 2023Article
- Greater Trochanteric Fixation Using Cable Plate Devices in Complex Primary and Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty.Arthroplasty today · 2023Article
- Outcomes of osteosynthesis of periprosthetic fractures of the greater trochanter with an anatomic claw plate.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2023Article
- Triple Surgical Fixation Technique for an Isolated Greater Trochanter Fracture in an Amateur Weightlifter.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2022Article
- Application of a Fork Plate for Greater Trochanter Osteosynthesis in Total Hip Arthroplasty.Sovremennye tekhnologii v meditsine · 2020Article
- Symptomatic trochanteric non-union following total hip replacement treated with reattachment combined with two-stage revision surgery of the femoral stem.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2019Article
- Use of locking plates for fixation of the greater trochanter in patients with hip replacement.Arthroplasty today · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundFixation of the greater trochanter with total hip replacement is challenging and associated with short- and long-term complications. Locking plate technology has been used for fixation of other bones and may be applied successfully in trochanteric fixation. The purpose of this retrospective study was to analyze the utility of the use of trochanteric locking plates in total hip arthroplasty (THA) patients.
methodsFrom 2004 to 2014, 32 procedures were performed to fix the greater trochanter in patients with trochanteric fracture, osteotomy, or nonunion in the setting of THA. The median age at the time of surgery was 69 years. This was a primary arthroplasty in 8 of the patients, conversion from prior hip surgery in 5, and a revision in 19. The greater trochanter was fixed with locking plate alone in 15 hips and with the addition of a single cerclage cable in 17 hips. Patients were followed clinically and radiographically until healing occurred. The median duration of radiographic follow-up was 41.6 months (range: 10-112 months).
resultsOsseous union occurred in 29 (90.6%) of 32 hips. The median Harris hip score was 94 (range 54-100, standard deviation = 10.4) at latest follow-up. Complications included broken hardware in 5 (15.6%) patients, of which 3 underwent subsequent hardware removal. Two additional patients elected hardware removal due to trochanteric pain.
conclusionsLocking plate technology is a successful method of fixation of the greater trochanter in patients with THA. Postoperative trochanteric pain and reoperation for hardware-related issues remain a challenge.
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