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ArticleCureus2024

Salvage Treatment for a Periprosthetic Humeral Nonunion: A Case Report.

Kassidy Webber, Blake E Delgadillo, Samuel Shepard, Ania Bartholomew, Adam Dann

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Kassidy WebberOrthopaedic Surgery, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Bradenton, USA.
Blake E DelgadilloOrthopaedic Surgery, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Bradenton, USA.
Samuel ShepardOrthopaedic Surgery, Kettering Health Network, Dayton, USA.
Ania BartholomewOrthopaedic Surgery, Kettering Health Network, Dayton, USA.
Adam DannOrthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Associates of Dayton, Dayton, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The patient, a 69-year-old female, presented one year after receiving a total elbow arthroplasty with a nonunion periprosthetic fracture of the humerus. Due to the patient's severe osteoarthritis of the ipsilateral shoulder and significant humeral deformity, a procedure linking the total elbow arthroplasty to the reverse shoulder implant via a cemented allograft-composite linkage sleeve was performed. Previous literature suggests upper extremity salvage surgery using large-scale allografts is successful in treating large tumor or infection-derived defects, though data is lacking as to whether this treatment is effective in periprosthetic fractures in patients with significant comorbidities. This patient's success in the postoperative year supports the use of allograft-composite reconstruction followed by linkage to a reverse shoulder implant as a salvage treatment for periprosthetic fractures under certain conditions, such as multiple adjacent implants, bone deformity, and severe osteoarthritis.

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allograftperiprostheticperiprosthetic fracturereverse total shouldersalvagetotal humeral replacement

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PMID38883071
PMCPMC11180523

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