How Should Vancouver B1-Periprosthetic Fractures at the Tip of a Cemented or Uncemented Femoral Stem Be Treated?

J Arthroplasty. 2024 Oct 24:S0883-5403(24)01106-9. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2024.10.093. Online ahead of print.

¹ Carlos E. Ottolenghi Institute of Orthopaedics, Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
² Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
³ Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Orthopaedics, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Yung University, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁴ Sytenko Institute of Spine and Joint Pathology, National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
⁵ Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas.
⁶ Department of Orthopedics, New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁷ Rothman Orthopaedic Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁸ Elite Institutes of Orthopaedics & Joint Replacement, Mohali, India.
⁹ Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore, Ireland.

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Keywords: Vancouver B1; fixation; hip; periprosthetic fracture; revision arthroplasty; stem tip.

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