%0 Journal Article %T Tratamiento quir¨²rgico en la fractura periprot¨¦sica de f¨¦mur %A P¨¦rez Rivera %A Orlando M. %A Palanco Dom¨ªnguez %A Lourdes E. %A Santana Novoa %A Luis A. %A Hadad Capote %A Erick %J Revista Cubana de Ortopedia y Traumatolog£¿-a %D 2009 %I Editorial Ciencias M¨¦dicas %X periprosthetic femoral fractures are more and more common, increasing according to an increment in number of patients presenting with arthroplasty. authors present the case of a female patient aged 73, with a placement history of a partial thompson prosthesis from left femoral neck fracture approximately 13 years ago. after a spontaneous fall, she suffered a periprosthetic fracture of type ii hohannson in left femur with a stable femoral shaft. by radiological studies a surgical treatment variant is showed using a straight ao plate and wire tiring. using this procedure it was possible to obtain reduction and stability of fracture. %K periprosthetic %K subcapital %K partial prosthesis. %U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0864-215X2009000100008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en