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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 88-B, Issue 11, 1425-1429.
doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B11.17749  
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Fixation of Vancouver B1 peri-prosthetic fractures by broad metal plates without the application of strut allografts

A. B. Old, AB, Research Fellow1; B. J. McGrory, MD, Clinical Associate Professor1; R. R. White, MD, Chief of Orthopaedic Trauma1; and G. M. Babikian, MD, Chief of Orthopaedics1

1 Orthopaedic Associates of Portland, 33 Sewall Street. Portland, Maine 04102, USA.

Correspondence should be sent to Dr B. J. McGrory; e-mail: mjri{at}yahoo.com

The use of allograft struts and cerclage wire, possibly augmented by plate fixation, for the treatment of Vancouver type-B1 peri-prosthetic fractures around a total hip replacement has been strongly advocated. We examined our results using plate fixation without allograft struts and compared them with the results of the use of struts alone or when combined with plate fixation. Of 20 consecutive patients with type-B1 fractures treated by open reduction and plate fixation, 19 were available for follow-up. The fractures healed in 18 patients with a mean time to weight-bearing of ten weeks (4 to 19). There were no cases of infection or malunion. Nonunion occurred in one patient and required a second plate fixation to achieve union.

Safe, cost-effective treatment of Vancouver type-B1 fractures can be performed by plate fixation without the addition of cortical struts. This procedure may allow earlier weight-bearing than allograft strut fixation alone.




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