Injury
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Multicenter Study
The Mennen femoral plate for fixation of periprosthetic femoral fractures following hip arthroplasty.
Periprosthetic fractures can be treated by various methods. The Mennen femoral plate used to be a common implant in our region to stabilise periprosthetic femoral fractures following hip arthroplasty. This device has been used in 16 patients in our region from three different centres. ⋯ In all of these patients the main complication was varus mal-union of the fracture. As per our study the Mennen femoral plate seems to be a weak fixation device. The plate is unable to counter the medial compressive forces on the femur leading to a varus collapse of the fracture.