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  • Title: [Acetabular fractures in elderly persons. Primary endoprosthetic treatment].
    Author: Hoellen IP, Mentzel M, Bischoff M, Kinzl L.
    Journal: Orthopade; 1997 Apr; 26(4):348-53. PubMed ID: 9273494.
    Abstract:
    In the Department of Traumatology at the University of Ulm, 26 elderly patients with displaced acetabular fractures were treated with primary implantation of a hip joint endoprosthesis between 1986 and 1996. The principles of operative therapy are stabilization of the acetabular ring, grafting of acetabular defects with autogenous corticocancellous bone and cranial buttressing with a reinforcing ring. This concept permits immediate mobilization of elderly patients and full weight-bearing and thus results in favorable early postoperative results. Secondary complications typically caused by immobilization can therefore be avoided.
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