Treatment of a periprosthetic femur fracture around an antibiotic spacer with revision and an antibiotic plate

Joey P. Johnson, MD; Eric M. Cohen, MD; Valentin Antoci, MD

Arthroplasty Today (Dec 2019)

Treatment of a periprosthetic femur fracture around an antibiotic spacer with revision and an antibiotic plate

Joey P. Johnson, MD,
Eric M. Cohen, MD,
Valentin Antoci, MD

Affiliations

Joey P. Johnson, MD: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA; Corresponding author. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Loma Linda University, 11406 Loma Linda Drive, Suite 128, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA. Tel.: +1 909 558 2808.
Eric M. Cohen, MD: Division of Adult Reconstruction, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Valentin Antoci, MD: Division of Adult Reconstruction, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 4
pp. 401 – 406

Abstract

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Infection following total hip arthroplasty can be a devastating complication, often necessitating a 2-stage surgery with the temporary placement of an antibiotic spacer. Fracture around this spacer is an uncommon complication that presents serious treatment challenges. Our manuscript details the successful surgical treatment of a previously unreported fracture around an antibiotic spacer, treated with revision to a hemiarthroplasty and placement of an antibiotic plate. Keywords: Periprosthetic infection, Periprosthetic fracture, Revision surgery

Published in Arthroplasty Today

ISSN: 2352-3441 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery: Orthopedic surgery
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/arthroplasty-today/

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