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Primary Arthroplasty for Fractures Around the Knee

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In this chapter, the authors explore the principles, indications, and technical considerations of primary joint arthroplasty in fractures around the knee joint. In the elderly patients, due to poor bone stock, osteoporosis, and significant comorbidities, the joint reconstruction could be quite challenging. Multiple operations are best avoided in these patients; a primary arthroplasty surgery may be the best approach in order to have a quicker recovery. This chapter reviews the current literature on managing such fractures with either primary arthroplasty alone, or in combination with reconstruction/fracture fixation, and choice of available implants.

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  1. Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK

    Prashanth D’sa & Khitish Mohanty

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  1. NH Narayana Superspeciality and Multispeciality Hospitals, Howrah, West Bengal, India

    Arindam Banerjee

  2. Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Peter Biberthaler

  3. Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, India

    Saseendar Shanmugasundaram

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  1. AMRI Hospitals, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Ujjwal Kanti Debnath

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D’sa, P., Mohanty, K. (2023). Primary Arthroplasty for Fractures Around the Knee. In: Banerjee, A., Biberthaler, P., Shanmugasundaram, S. (eds) Handbook of Orthopaedic Trauma Implantology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7540-0_117

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