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Results after surgical treatment of periprosthetic proximal femoral fractures Osteosynthesis with prosthesis preservation vs. prosthesis change
2020-01-29
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<h4>Background: </h4> Periprosthetic fractures (PPF) of the femur close to the hip joint have serious consequences for most geriatric affected patients. In principle, apart from the highly uncommon conservative therapy, there are two therapeutic options. On the one hand, the prosthesis-preserving treatment by means of osteosynthesis using plates and/or cerclages in general is available. On the other hand, a (parti...
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- Literature Corpus work
- a037b545-3381-5bc3-bdef-7150b87e19bb
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.2.22168/v1
