Characteristics of periprosthetic femoral fractures after total hip replacement in elderly patients.

: In our study we analyzed 76 patients (78 hip joints) with periprosthetic femoral fractures after total hip replacement treated at Privolzhsky Federal Research Medical Centre in 2006-2016 period. We outlined specific features of periprosthetic fractures in elderly patients such as women having it more often, arise due to traumatic causes. Also elderly patients require more elaborate hardware such as cerclage wires, periprosthetic plates and additional surgical techniques such as extended trochanteric osteotomy to successfully treat periprosthetic fractures. Thorough preoperative diagnostics and planning, special educational courses which consider age-related factors could help decrease periprosthetic fractures incidence in elderly patients undergoing total hip replacement.