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The article discusses the growing problems concerning perisprosthetic femoral fractures. Perisprosthetic femoral fractures gives complex problems to arthroplasty surgeons because of the wide range of presentations from almost imperceptible cracks to gross development and displacement and the number of options available to treat the problem. Factors on the increasing problems include growing pool of individuals at risk following three decades of hip arthroplasty.

The article discusses the diagnosis for acute compartment syndrome. The author relates that the most common cause of the syndrome is a fracture of the tibia, which is responsible for almost three-quarters of all cases of acute limb compartment syndrome. Response to pain by treating may vary substantially from immediate surgery based on clinical grounds, to watchful abstinence based on results of intracompartmental pressure monitoring.