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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021

Shaft Fractures in Patients Requiring Primary or Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty Can Be Successfully Treated with Long-Stemmed Implants without Additional Fixation.

Dariusz Grzelecki, Dariusz Marczak, Kamil Kwolek, Piotr Dudek, Marcin Tyrakowski, Łukasz Olewnik, Maria Czubak-Wrzosek, Jacek Kowalczewski

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Dariusz GrzeleckiDepartment of Orthopedics and Rheumoorthopedics, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Professor Adam Gruca Orthopedic and Trauma Teaching Hospital, Konarskiego 13, 05-400 Otwock, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-1812-7061
Dariusz MarczakDepartment of Orthopedics and Rheumoorthopedics, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Professor Adam Gruca Orthopedic and Trauma Teaching Hospital, Konarskiego 13, 05-400 Otwock, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4652-9837
Kamil KwolekDepartment of Spine Disorders and Orthopedics, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Professor Adam Gruca Orthopedic and Trauma Teaching Hospital, Konarskiego 13, 05-400 Otwock, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-3766-425X
Piotr DudekDepartment of Orthopedics and Rheumoorthopedics, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Professor Adam Gruca Orthopedic and Trauma Teaching Hospital, Konarskiego 13, 05-400 Otwock, Poland.
Marcin TyrakowskiDepartment of Spine Disorders and Orthopedics, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Professor Adam Gruca Orthopedic and Trauma Teaching Hospital, Konarskiego 13, 05-400 Otwock, Poland.
Łukasz OlewnikDepartment of Anatomical Dissection and Donation, Medical University of Lodz, Żeligowskiego 7/9, 90-752 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-6414-9504
Maria Czubak-WrzosekDepartment of Spine Disorders and Orthopedics, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Professor Adam Gruca Orthopedic and Trauma Teaching Hospital, Konarskiego 13, 05-400 Otwock, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-6113-1328
Jacek KowalczewskiDepartment of Orthopedics and Rheumoorthopedics, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Professor Adam Gruca Orthopedic and Trauma Teaching Hospital, Konarskiego 13, 05-400 Otwock, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4977-3923
Grochowski Hospital · PLMedical University of Lodz · PL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the bone union, complication rate, clinical and functional outcomes of long-stemmed total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in patients with periprosthetic femoral or tibial shaft fractures and in patients with femoral or tibial shaft fractures with coexisting advanced knee osteoarthritis (OA). This retrospective study comprised 25 patients who underwent surgery due to tibial or femoral shaft fractures: (1) with coexisting severe knee OA or (2) with a periprosthetic fracture requiring implant exchange. In all cases, fracture stabilization was performed intramedullary with the use of long-stemmed implants without the use of additional fixation material (plates, screws, or cerclage). Bone union was achieved in 22/25 patients (88%). One patient required revision with additional plate stabilization due to non-union, and asymptomatic partial bone union was observed in two cases. The group with periprosthetic fractures demonstrated good clinical (mean 73.1 ± 13.3) and moderate functional (mean 59.2 ± 18.8) outcomes in the Knee Society Scoring system (KSS). In the group with shaft fracture and coexisting OA significantly higher clinical (excellent results, mean 84.1 ± 11;

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femur shaft fractureosteoarthritisperiprosthetic fracturerevision total knee arthroplastystem extensiontibial shaft fracture

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PMID34768444
PMCPMC8584452
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