Alexandre Almeida¹*, Natália Pasquali², Vinícius Lopes Fruet², Adriano Joaquim Matzenbacher², Osvandré Lech³ and Ana Paula Concatto Casagrande⁴

¹Orthopedic Surgeon, MBBS, Pompeia Hospital, Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil
²Third Year Fellowship Resident at Pompeia Hospital, BM Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil
³Orthopedic Surgeon, MD, Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology, RS, Brazil
⁴Nurse Responsible for the Tissue Bank, B. Ed., São Vicente de Paulo Hospital, RS, Brazil

*Corresponding Author: Alexandre Almeida, Orthopedic Surgeon, MBBS, Pompeia Hospital, Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil.

Received: June 22, 2023; Published: July 26, 2023

Abstract

The authors present a case of periprosthetic fracture of the proximal humerus in an 80-year-old female patient who underwent revision surgery with reconstruction of the proximal humerus using a femoral structural graft from a tissue bank.

Keywords: Periprosthetic Humeral Fracture; Allograft; PFPH

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Citation

Citation: Alexandre Almeida., et al. “Treatment of Periprosthetic Fracture of the Proximal Humerus with Structural Allograft".Acta Scientific Orthopaedics 6.8 (2023): 98-102.

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