Tower and Beals listed a classification for femoral fracture after a total hip replacement. The authors are Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland.
Fracture Location |
Features |
Type |
proximal femur |
often avulsion of the lesser or greater trochanter |
I |
diaphysis of the femur |
about the prosthesis but not at the stem tip |
II |
diaphysis of the femur |
fracture about stem tip, fracture does not propagate proximally with less than 25% of the bone-prosthesis interface disrupted |
IIIA |
diaphysis of the femur |
fracture about stem tip, fracture propagate proximally with more 25% of the bone-prosthesis interface disrupted |
IIIB |
supracondylar fracture |
adjacent to the tip of a long-stemmed femoral component |
IIIC |
supracondylar fracture |
distal and distant to the tip of the prosthesis |
IV |
Specialty: Surgery, orthopedic, Emergency Medicine, Critical Care, Surgery, general
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