TKA Complications
A 78-year-old woman with osteoporosis presents after a fall with a supracondylar femur fracture 8cm above her 5-year-old well-fixed TKA. Radiographs show a displaced fracture with varus angulation but the femoral component appears well-fixed with no lucent lines. She is otherwise healthy with independent ambulation prior to the fall. Regarding the classification of periprosthetic fractures about TKA:
Mark each as TRUE or FALSE
The Rorabeck and Taylor classification for supracondylar femur fractures above TKA is based on fract...
Risk factors for periprosthetic supracondylar fractures include osteoporosis, female sex, rheumatoid...
The Rorabeck classification only applies to tibial periprosthetic fractures; component stability is ...
The Felix classification is used for periprosthetic tibial fractures and categorizes by fracture loc...
This patient has a Rorabeck Type II fracture (displaced fracture with stable prosthesis); radiograph...
Answer the questions to see explanations
Click T (True) or F (False) for each option