It is a privilege to serve as guest editor of this volume regarding surgical techniques for periprosthetic fractures about the knee and to provide a manuscript regarding standard methods for internal fixation. Dr. Gregory Delia Rocca sets the stage for this series of manuscripts with his outstanding overview of periprosthetic fractures about the knee. The incidence and risk factors for fractures about the femoral component of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) are detailed. Also discussed are periprosthetic fractures about patellar components of TKA. The overview is rounded out by a discussion of special circumstances for periprosthetic fracture about the knee including those about unicompartmental knee arthroplasty, fractures associated with the use of the reamer irrigator aspirator device, and fractures of the distal femur associated with antegrade femoral nailing fracture.
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