Early femoral condyle insufficiency fractures after total knee arthroplasty: treatment with delayed surgery and femoral component revision

Background: Periprosthetic fracture following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is usually associated with a traumatic event and typically treated with fracture fixation techniques. However, we report on a series of patients with early atraumatic condyle fractures that occurred as a result of insufficie...

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Main Authors: George L. Vestermark, MD, Susan M. Odum, PhD, Bryan D. Springer, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-06-01
Series:Arthroplasty Today
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352344118300372