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Replace the Parts: A Prosthesis is the Answer

Simon C. Mears, MD, PhD Orthopaedic Summit 2017 University of Arkansas for Medical Services

Disclosure

• Deputy Editor: Geriatric Orthopaedic

Surgery and Rehabilitation

• Past President: International Geriatric

Fracture Society

Geriatric acetabular fractures

• A disaster
• With some fracture

patterns, fixation doesn’t work well

Poor prognosis for ORIF

• Posterior wall fractures
• Complex fractures
• Age
• Poor bone quality
• Comminution
• Femoral head damage
• Prolonged dislocation
• Late surgery

Posterior wall fractures over age 40

• Fixation is fraught with

difficulty

• Very high reoperation rates
• No weight bearing after

surgery

• Often require a delayed

THA

So why do 2 when you can do

• ne
• If the hip is doomed,

why fix it

• Just replace it

Options

• Percutaneous fixation
• ORIF
• Delayed THA
• Acute THA (some

requiring combined ORIF)

Acute THA results

• Dana Mears
• Results overall good
• Limited case series
• Some authors use cage

fixation

Acute THA

• Complication rates higher that primary

THA

• Heterotopic ossification
• Sciatic nerve injury
• Infection
• Dislocation
• Acetabular loosening

Total hip for acute acetabular fracture

• Pure posterior fractures
• Complex fractures: transverse with

posterior wall

• Anterior fractures, most often with

protrusio

Pure posterior wall fractures

• A relatively easy total hip
• Often can ream in further and

use a primary cup with screws

• If a defect use an augment

either femoral head or metal

Complex posterior wall

• Must fix and replace
• Posterior plate
• Then cup fixation with

screws

• Have an augment as

backup

The plate fixation is easy

• Reduction does not

have to be perfect

• Just enough to be

stable to place a cup

How to do

• One surgeon or two
• Depends on skill of surgeons
• In most cases trauma surgeon does the

ORIF

• Joint surgeon does the replacement

Anterior fractures

• If pure medial then

use the head as bone graft and place cup

• Otherwise place

anterior plate first

Timing

• Total hip must be done at the right time
• Delay if you are concerned
• Do not operative through morel lesions

Delay

• Results will also be good if

performed 2-3 months later

• Mobilize and do the hip later
• Even true if the hip is

unstable

Remember the worst result

• The infected ORIF with

heterotopic ossification

• Then you can’t do the total

hip

• Better off waiting and doing

a delayed total hip than getting an infected ORIF

Technical difficulties: Instability

• The capsule has been ripped off

posteriorly

• Higher dislocation rates
• Do your best to fix it, use largest head or

dual mobility

Technical difficulties: The cup

• If also fixing then you use a

bean bag for fluoro, this gives less secure positioning of pelvis

• Can be fooled by lack of

posterior wall and put the acetabulum in retroversion

Technical difficulties: Fixation

• Use revision components
• Place as many screws as possible
• Augment on backup
• Cage on backup

Conclusion Prosthesis is the answer

Many acetabular fractures have poor outcomes If there is posterior wall injury, femoral head injury or marked protrusio results are poor with ORIF as patients get older These should be replaced, with great care Replacement may need to be combined with ORIF or delayed

Thank You

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