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Background: This study aimed to establish a new classification using locked-plate fixation for periprosthetic distal femoral fracture (PDFF) following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and to determine when dual locked-plate fixation is necessary through defining this classification.
Methods: One-hundred fifteen consecutive PDFFs that underwent operative treatment were reviewed from 2011 to 2019 with minimum 1-year follow-up. Most PDFFs were fixed with single or dual locked-plate fixations using the minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis technique. Based on preoperative radiographs, PDFFs were classified according to the level of main fracture line relative to the anterior flange of femoral component: type I and II, main fracture line located proximal and distal to the anterior flange; and type III, component instability regardless of fracture line requiring revisional TKA. Furthermore, type II fractures were subclassified based on the direction of fracture beak as follows: type II, lateral-beak; type II, medial-beak. The incidence, treatment methods, and complications were analyzed according to the classification.
Results: Incidences of type I, II, II, and III were 64.4%, 8.7%, 24.3%, and 2.6%, respectively. Meanwhile, most PDFFs in type I and II were treated with lateral single locked-plate fixations, except for type II, which was treated with either single or dual locked-plate fixations. Overall complications were significantly higher in type II (28.9%) than in type I (10.8%, P = .019). In type II, bone union-related complications were significantly higher in single locked-plate fixation (50.0%) than in dual locked-plate fixation (5.6%; P = .013).
Conclusion: The new classification provides practical and obvious strategies for the treatment of PDFF following TKA using locked-plate fixation. For type II fracture, dual plate fixation is necessary to prevent fixation failure or nonunion.
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