DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2016.v04i04.011

Pages: 1157-1160

The incidence of periprosthetic fractures after total knee arthroplasty is continuously rising because of an increasing number of knee joint replacements and an enhanced survivorship of the elderly population after knee arthroplasty. The purpose of this study was to analyze the incidence of periprosthetic fractures. The Materials and methods We reviewed the clinical and radiographic records of 2300 patients. Out of these, 1205 were women and 1095 were men. The average age of the patients was 68.6 years. In Results Total 158 patients (6.86%) were found to have periprosthetic fractures after total knee arthroplasty between periods of 5 years were taken for the consideration. Out of these, 144 (91.13%) patients showed a periprosthetic fracture of the distal femur, and fourteen (8.87%) patients had a periprosthetic proximal tibial fracture. In concusion the incidence of the periprosthetic fractures were increasing as the total knee replacement surgeries were increasing. Special care must be taken to reduce the incidence of the periprosthetic fractures.