Introduction: Long-term use of bisphosphonates (BPs) is associated with Atypical Femoral Fracture (AFF). Theoretically, periprosthetic femoral fractures (PFF) should be excluded from the diagnosis of AFF. How-ever, recently several studies reported the occurrence of PPFs around a hip arthroplasty presenting fea-tures of an AFF. The present study describes the characteristics of Atypical Periprosthetic Femoral Fracture (APFF) and evaluates the effectiveness of their management through a PRISMA compliant systematic re-view of the published case reports and series. Materials and methods: A literature search was performed using "periprosthetic fracture" and "atypical femoral fracture" as keywords. Patients demographics, drug use, clinical and imaging characteristics, stem fixation and classification, management strategies for APFF and patients' outcomes, were also collected. Results: The present review included and analysed 17 patients from 12 studies. All APFFs occurred in females with a mean age of 75.9 years of age (range 43-87). In 11 patients, APFFs occurred around an uncemented stem, and in 6 around a cemented stem. Ten fractures were incomplete, and 7 complete. Conservative management was effective in 4 of 10 patients with incomplete fracture, while all patients with complete fractures underwent open reduction and internal fixation. A fracture non-union was ob-served in 5 patients and further surgery was required. Discussions: APFFs share several clinical and imaging characteristics with AFF. An appropriate and early diagnosis may allow to improve the outcome of these fractures, the management of which should be based on the same principles of that of AFFs. Conclusions: Considering the low quality of published articles and the heterogeneity of the treatment used, a clear recommendation of the most appropriate treatment cannot be formulated. (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Atypical periprosthetic femoral fractures of the hip: A PRISMA compliant systematic review

Oliva, Francesco;
2021-01-01

Abstract

Introduction: Long-term use of bisphosphonates (BPs) is associated with Atypical Femoral Fracture (AFF). Theoretically, periprosthetic femoral fractures (PFF) should be excluded from the diagnosis of AFF. How-ever, recently several studies reported the occurrence of PPFs around a hip arthroplasty presenting fea-tures of an AFF. The present study describes the characteristics of Atypical Periprosthetic Femoral Fracture (APFF) and evaluates the effectiveness of their management through a PRISMA compliant systematic re-view of the published case reports and series. Materials and methods: A literature search was performed using "periprosthetic fracture" and "atypical femoral fracture" as keywords. Patients demographics, drug use, clinical and imaging characteristics, stem fixation and classification, management strategies for APFF and patients' outcomes, were also collected. Results: The present review included and analysed 17 patients from 12 studies. All APFFs occurred in females with a mean age of 75.9 years of age (range 43-87). In 11 patients, APFFs occurred around an uncemented stem, and in 6 around a cemented stem. Ten fractures were incomplete, and 7 complete. Conservative management was effective in 4 of 10 patients with incomplete fracture, while all patients with complete fractures underwent open reduction and internal fixation. A fracture non-union was ob-served in 5 patients and further surgery was required. Discussions: APFFs share several clinical and imaging characteristics with AFF. An appropriate and early diagnosis may allow to improve the outcome of these fractures, the management of which should be based on the same principles of that of AFFs. Conclusions: Considering the low quality of published articles and the heterogeneity of the treatment used, a clear recommendation of the most appropriate treatment cannot be formulated. (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
2021
Atypical femoral fracture
Bisphosphonates
Osteoporosis
Periprosthetic fracture
Total hip arthroplasty
Treatment
Adult
Aged
Aged
80 and over
Diphosphonates
Female
Fracture Fixation
Internal
Humans
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Arthroplasty
Replacement
Hip
Femoral Fractures
Periprosthetic Fractures
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