@article{Bottai_Piolanti_Digrandi_Menconi_Antognetti_Di Lonardo_Scaglione_Raffaetà_2022, title={Impending atypical femoral fractures associated with bisphosphonates: postoperative diagnosis after hip prosthesis. Clinical cases presentation.}, volume={93}, url={https://mattioli1885journals.com/index.php/actabiomedica/article/view/13084}, DOI={10.23750/abm.v93iS1.13084}, abstractNote={<p><em>Background and aim: </em>Number of hip prosthesis implants in arthritis, number of patients treated with bisphosphonates to prevent fragility fractures and, together, number of atypical femoral fracture’s cases are increasing.</p> <p><em>Case series: </em>This article describes two cases of hip arthritis, treated with hip replacement, in patients using bisphosphonates for a long time; in both cases an incomplete atypical femoral fracture was misdiagnosed before the surgery. Authors describe the importance to carry out a complete osteometabolic and radiographic pre-operative examination of patients in treatment with bisphosphonates going to hip replacement, to check the possible presence of incomplete atypical femoral fracture and to optimize surgical and pharmacological treatment.</p> <p><em>Conclusions</em>: In hip prosthesis surgery, prior diagnosis of incomplete atypical femoral fractures can indicate the choice of a different kind of prosthesis stem to optimize surgical results. This can also positively impact to rehabilitation in term of duration and daily activities recovery.  </p>}, number={S1}, journal={Acta Biomedica Atenei Parmensis}, author={Bottai, Vanna and Piolanti, Nicola and Digrandi, Giuseppe and Menconi, Agnese and Antognetti, Damiano and Di Lonardo, Michele and Scaglione, Michelangelo and Raffaetà, Gloria}, year={2022}, month={Sep.}, pages={e2022257} }