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Each ICL360 is a cutting-edge CME course designed to provide a holistic learning experience, featuring curated video content sourced from expert-selected Instructional Course Lectures enhanced with insightful commentary and comprehensive assessment questions. This all-encompassing course goes beyond traditional learning by offering a complete 360° perspective on orthopedic topics. Explore additional resources, including full-text readings from the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (JAAOS), technique videos from Orthopaedic Video Theater (OVT), and links to external literature and PubMed. Elevate your clinical decision-making skills and gain a well-rounded understanding of essential orthopedic concepts with ICL360.

This Instructional Course Lecture (ICL) explores the management of periprosthetic fractures, addressing a spectrum of challenges from initial treatment strategies to complex revision scenarios. Aimed at experienced orthopaedic surgeons, the lecture series reviews advanced surgical techniques, the latest research, and practical insight necessary to master this intricate aspect of joint arthroplasty.

Editor
Eroll S. Mortimer, MD, FAAOS 

Learning Objectives

• Specify the epidemiology and effect of periprosthetic fractures in orthopaedic practice.
• Recognize the classification systems for periprosthetic fractures and their implications for management.
• Analyze challenges and strategies in the management of bone health in patients with a periprosthetic fracture.
• Evaluate evidence-based strategies to prevent secondary fractures and improve patient outcomes.
• Identify the types of periprosthetic fractures amenable to various fixation strategies.
• Outline the principles of internal fixation and the selection of appropriate surgical techniques for patients with a periprosthetic fracture.
• Explore the outcomes and complications associated with various fixation methods for patients with a stable implant.
• Define the indications for revision arthroplasty in patients with a periprosthetic fracture.
• Determine the challenges associated with the management of periprosthetic fractures in patients with an unstable implant.
• Evaluate selection criteria for various types of prosthetic components used in revision surgery.
• Analyze the role of modular and custom implants in the management of complex periprosthetic fractures.
• Review postoperative treatment strategies and the long-term outcomes of revision arthroplasty in patients with a periprosthetic fracture.

Earn up to 5 AMA PRA Category 1 CME credits™.