Management of intraoperative femur fractures associated with revision hip arthroplasty.

Femoral fractures sustained during revision total hip arthroplasty (THA) are a serious complication. The incidence of intraoperative femur fractures in the period from 1982 to 1986 was ten in 159 (6.3%) THA revisions. The patients were treated primarily by surgical stabilization with compression plates and screws. All of the fractures healed, but of the ten, only six patients ultimately regained satisfactory THA function.