scholarly journals Early Surgery Does Not Improve Outcomes for Patients with Periprosthetic Femoral Fractures—Results from the Registry for Geriatric Trauma of the German Trauma Society

Medicina ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (6) ◽  
pp. 517
Author(s):  
Christopher Bliemel ◽  
Katherine Rascher ◽  
Tom Knauf ◽  
Juliana Hack ◽  
Daphne Eschbach ◽  
...  

Background and Objectives: Appropriate timing of surgery for periprosthetic femoral fractures (PFFs) in geriatric patients remains unclear. Data from a large international geriatric trauma register were analyzed to examine the outcome of patients with PFF with respect to the timing of surgical stabilization. Materials and Methods: The Registry for Geriatric Trauma of the German Trauma Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Unfallchirurgie (DGU)) (ATR-DGU) was analyzed. Patients treated surgically for PFF were included in this analysis. As outcome parameters, in-house mortality rate and mortality at the 120-day follow-up as well as mobility, the EQ5D index score and reoperation rate were analyzed in relation to early (<48 h) or delayed (≥48 h) surgical stabilization. Results: A total of 1178 datasets met the inclusion criteria; 665 fractures were treated with osteosynthesis (56.4%), and 513 fractures were treated by implant change (43.5%). In contrast to the osteosynthesis group, the group with implant changes underwent delayed surgical treatment more often. Multivariate logistic regression analysis of mortality rate (p = 0.310), walking ability (p = 0.239) and EQ5D index after seven days (p = 0.812) revealed no significant differences between early (<48 h) and delayed (≥48 h) surgical stabilization. These items remained insignificant at the follow-up as well. However, the odds of requiring a reoperation within 120 days were significantly higher for delayed surgical treatment (OR: 1.86; p = 0.003). Conclusions: Early surgical treatment did not lead to decreased mortality rates in the acute phase or in the midterm. Except for the rate of reoperation, all other outcome parameters remained unaffected. Nevertheless, for most patients, early surgical treatment should be the goal, so as to achieve early mobilization and avoid secondary nonsurgical complications. If early stabilization is not possible, it can be assumed that orthogeriatric co-management will help protect these patients from further harm.

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 215145851775051 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franz Müller ◽  
Michael Galler ◽  
Christina Roll ◽  
Bernd Füchtmeier

Introduction: The surgical treatment of proximal femoral fractures predominantly involves geriatric patients and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. However, analyses on postoperative infections or hematoma are rare. Methods: Patients requiring surgical revision due to infection (n = 90) or hematoma (n = 77) in the postoperative phase were identified from an electronic database of 2000 consecutive patients surgically treated for proximal femoral fractures between 2006 and 2014. Demographic and clinical data were retrieved, including information on the pathogens in patients with infection. A follow-up on morbidity and mortality was conducted via telephone for at least 2 years postsurgery. Results: The follow-up rate was 100%, and the mean age was 81.9 years. The incidence rate of infection was 4.1% (90/2000), and women were commonly affected. Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis were the most commonly detected pathogens (35.5% and 25.5%, respectively). Mixed infections were observed in 15 patients, and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections were observed in only 4 patients. A total of 77 (85.6%) infections occurred within 30 days postsurgery. The implant was preserved in 76 (84.4%) patients, and resection arthroplasty was required in 14 patients. Dementia and pertrochanteric fractures were significantly more common in the infection than in the hematoma group. Although infections were associated with high mortality rates for up to 2 years postsurgery, the rates did not significantly differ from those in the hematoma control group. Conclusion: One of every 2 patients who developed an infection following the surgical treatment of a proximal femoral fracture died within 2 years postsurgery. In addition, infections were significantly associated with dementia. Avoiding postoperative infection should be a high priority in the surgical treatment of proximal femoral fractures.


BMC Surgery ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian-Ning Sun ◽  
Yu Zhang ◽  
Ye Zhang ◽  
Jia-Ming Zhang ◽  
Xiang-Yang Chen ◽  
...  

Abstract Background The incidence of fractures around the femoral prosthesis among patients undergoing hip arthroplasty is increasing and has become the third leading cause of hip revision. While numerous methods for the surgical treatment of periprosthetic femoral fractures (PFFs) have been proposed, only few reports have examined the long-term efficacy of surgical treatment. This study aims to examine the mid-and long-term efficacy of surgical treatment among patients with Vancouver B2 and B3 PFFs. Methods This retrospective study evaluated the surgical outcomes of patients with Vancouver B2 and B3 PFFs between 2007 and 2011. The minimum follow-up time was eight years. Fracture healing, prosthesis stability, complications, patient quality of life SF-36 score, and survival rate were evaluated during the follow-up assessments. Results A total of 83 patients were included and had an average follow-up period of 120.3 months. Among these patients, 69 were classified as Vancouver B2 and were treated with a distal fixation stem, whereas 14 cases were classified as Vancouver B3 and were treated with modular femoral prosthesis by using a proximal femoral allograft technique. A total of 15 patients underwent secondary revision surgery, and prosthesis dislocation was identified as the main cause of secondary revision. 80 (96.4%) cases of fractures were clinically healed. The mortality rate in the first year after surgery was 8.4% (7/83). The overall 5-year Kaplan–Meier survival rate for these patients was 75.9%. Meanwhile, the 5-year Kaplan–Meier survival rate for the implants was 86.9%. The final follow-up SF-36 score of the patients was 48.3 ± 9.8. Conclusions Patients with Vancouver B2 and B3 PFFs show high mortality in the first year after their surgery, and the Kaplan–Meier analysis results showed that such mortality tends to plateau after 5 years. Prosthesis dislocation was identified as the primary cause of secondary revision.


2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Klemens Trieb ◽  
Rainer Fiala ◽  
Christian Briglauer

Surgical treatment of periprosthetic femoral fractures has a high complication and mortality rate of more than 10%. The aim of this study is to report the outcome of a consecutive single center patient group. Thirty-four consecutive patients (mean age 81.2+/-8.5 years, 14 male, 20 female) with a periprosthetic femoral fracture Vancouver type A (n=5) or type B (n=29) were followed-up after 43.2 months, none of the patients were lost to follow- up. Nineteen of the patients were treated through change of the stem and cerclage fixation, five by plates and ten by cerclage cables. One successfully treated infection was observed. No further complications have been reported peri- or postoperatively, therefore resulting in 2.9% overall complication rate. These results demonstrate that precisely selected revision surgery protocol following periprosthetic femoral fractures within elderly multimorbid patients may lead to beneficial outcomes at a low risk of complications.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (9_suppl7) ◽  
pp. 2325967120S0051
Author(s):  
Arvind Prasad Gupta

Introduction: The Multiligament Knee Injury is a complex knee problem and mostly associated with subluxation or dislocation of knee joint. Failure to diagnose and treat them appropriately can leads to devastating outcome particularly high-grade injury (Schenck Type 3,4 and 5). We favor single stage early surgical treatment of high grade Multiligament knee injury which leads to good functional outcome and return to work. Hypotheses: Single stage early surgical treatment of high grade Multiligament knee injury will leads to good functional outcome with higher IKDC and Lysholm score and helps the patients to in return early to work with higher satisfaction rate. Methods: From June 2013 to January 2020, 42 patients with age from 18 years to 56 years with acute (< 6 weeks) Multiligament knee injury included in surgical treatment. Patients with neurovascular injury were not included in study. From 42 patients, 28 patients was type 3,8 patients was type 4 and 6 patients was type 5 in this study. In all 42 patients, single stage treatment first Intraarticular ligament (anterior cruciate ligament ACL, posterior cruciate ligament PCL or both) reconstruction done by arthroscopic method then Extraarticular ligament (medial collateral ligament MCL, lateral collateral ligament LCL, Posterolateral corner PLC) treated with repair/augmentation/reconstruction depending upon status of ligaments by open method. We used only autograft (hamstring and peroneal longus tendon) of same limb or contralateral limb. Patient evaluation done with IKDC and Lyshlom score both in preoperative and postoperative period. Patient limb was kept in full extention in brace and started with aggressive physiotherapy with passive ROM at 2 weeks in post operative period . Follow up done at 2 weeks then every 6 weeks interval till 6 months then every 3 months interval. Partial weight bearing started at 6 weeks and full weight bearing usually between 10 weeks to 12 weeks. Results: Road traffic accident was the most common cause of Multiligament knee injury. Average follow up was 4 years (range 2 to 6.5 years) .40 % has excellent ,40% has good and 20% has average result. There was a significant improvement in both outcome scores as compared with the preoperative scores. Postoperatively average IKDC was 78 and Lyshlom was 86. Terminal restriction of knee movement was in 19% patients particularly those associated with medial side injury was the major complication in our study. Manipulation under anaesthesia was done in 4 cases and implant removal in 1 case and arthroscopic synovectomy and long term antibiotic in 1 case who develop early infection. Gade 1 posterior laxity and grade 1 varus stress was observed in 10 patints.Recovery after surgery takes 9 to 12 months of rehabilitation prior to returning to full activities. Conclusion: Proper evaluation and full diagnosis is key in Multiligament injury of knee. Failure to treat all injured structure can lead to change in knee kinematics and poorer outcome and increased risk for graft failure.Operative treatment with proper rehabilitation yields good functional and clinical outcome with early return to work and sports activity.


HPB Surgery ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Stipa ◽  
Adolfo Gavelli ◽  
Claude Huguet

Treatment of bleeding psedoaneurysms and pseudocysts of the pancreas is controversial. Surgical treatment with pancreatic resection or trancystic arterial ligation is not always satisfactory since postoperative mortality rate is high, especially for lesions located in the pancreatic head and rebleeding is not unusual. Two patients with bleeding pseudoaneurysms (one post traumatic, one spontaneous) and one with a hemorrhagic pseudocyst of the pancreatic head were treated surgically with arterial suture and omentoplasty. Bleeding was controlled in all, without any postoperative mortality or morbidity. No rebleeding occurred with a follow up of 33, 26 and 12 months. Trancystic ligation of bleeding vessels with omentoplasty may be a useful approach, which should be compared to arterial embolization in the future.


Injury ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (10) ◽  
pp. 1945-1950 ◽  
Author(s):  
Plamen Kinov ◽  
Gershon Volpin ◽  
Roger Sevi ◽  
Panayot P. Tanchev ◽  
Boris Antonov ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-72
Author(s):  
E. V Polevoy ◽  
N. V Zagorodniy ◽  
S. V Kagramanov ◽  
G. A Chragyan ◽  
O. A Aleksanyan

The review covers the problem of intraoperative periprosthetic femoral fractures at total hip arthroplasty including the causes, classification and treatment techniques. This complication may occur at any step of the intervention, may differ by localization and pattern. All these will determine the preferable surgical treatment technique.


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