European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society
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Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg · Dec 2019
The value of a standardized and reproducible surgical technique in treatment of Vancouver B2 periprosthetic fractures: our experience.
To retrospectively review results and complications of our standardized surgical technique addressed exclusively to Vancouver B2 fractures. ⋯ Our experience suggests that using a standardized and reproducible surgical technique, as our technique proposed, can surely reduce surgical time, the complication rate, and the mortality rate. During acetabular evaluation, the choice of performing a cup revision must be weighed on overall patient's assessment.