{"title":"Periprosthetic Femur Fracture Through a Large Osteolytic Lesion After Total Knee Arthroplasty","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.artd.2024.101446","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Osteolysis due to polyethylene wear is a well-known complication associated with total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Here, we present the case of one failure that has been rarely reported. We report the case of a 51-year-old male who fractured through a large osteolytic lesion in his femur after a previous TKA. The patient presented 4 years after revision TKA after a fall and was found to have fractured through the large lesion. After a diagnostic workup, he was treated with open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) of the distal femur fracture, and the fixation was augmented with a morselized femoral head allograft and ViviGen (LifeNet Health, Virginia Beach, VA). Osteolysis secondary to polyethylene wear and reactions to arthroplasty components continues to be an ever-present complication of TKAs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37940,"journal":{"name":"Arthroplasty Today","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Arthroplasty Today","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352344124001316","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"ORTHOPEDICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Osteolysis due to polyethylene wear is a well-known complication associated with total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Here, we present the case of one failure that has been rarely reported. We report the case of a 51-year-old male who fractured through a large osteolytic lesion in his femur after a previous TKA. The patient presented 4 years after revision TKA after a fall and was found to have fractured through the large lesion. After a diagnostic workup, he was treated with open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) of the distal femur fracture, and the fixation was augmented with a morselized femoral head allograft and ViviGen (LifeNet Health, Virginia Beach, VA). Osteolysis secondary to polyethylene wear and reactions to arthroplasty components continues to be an ever-present complication of TKAs.
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Arthroplasty Today is a companion journal to the Journal of Arthroplasty. The journal Arthroplasty Today brings together the clinical and scientific foundations for joint replacement of the hip and knee in an open-access, online format. Arthroplasty Today solicits manuscripts of the highest quality from all areas of scientific endeavor that relate to joint replacement or the treatment of its complications, including those dealing with patient outcomes, economic and policy issues, prosthetic design, biomechanics, biomaterials, and biologic response to arthroplasty. The journal focuses on case reports. It is the purpose of Arthroplasty Today to present material to practicing orthopaedic surgeons that will keep them abreast of developments in the field, prove useful in the care of patients, and aid in understanding the scientific foundation of this subspecialty area of joint replacement. The international members of the Editorial Board provide a worldwide perspective for the journal''s area of interest. Their participation ensures that each issue of Arthroplasty Today provides the reader with timely, peer-reviewed articles of the highest quality.