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Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

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01-10-2016 | Knee

Medial femoral condyle fracture as an intraoperative complication of Oxford unicompartmental knee replacement

Authors: Bart ten Brinke, Laurens J. de Haan, Koen L. M. Koenraadt, Rutger C. I. van Geenen

Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy | Issue 10/2016

Abstract

Oxford unicompartmental knee replacement (OUKR) is associated with a low perioperative complication rate. This case report describes a periprosthetic fracture of the medial femoral condyle that occurred during an OUKR. The patient was treated with a non-weight-bearing long leg cast for 6 weeks. Afterwards, the fracture had healed, and 3 months postoperatively, there was a full range of motion. Factors leading to this complication could be the impaction force or direction, or a diminished load resistance of the distal femur. Minimally displaced coronal periprosthetic fractures after OUKR can be managed conservatively without residual functional impairment.

Level of evidence

Case report, Level IV.

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Title: Medial femoral condyle fracture as an intraoperative complication of Oxford unicompartmental knee replacement
Authors: Bart ten Brinke
Laurens J. de Haan
Koen L. M. Koenraadt
Rutger C. I. van Geenen
Publication date: 01-10-2016
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy / Issue 10/2016
Print ISSN: 0942-2056
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7347
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-014-3459-6

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Medial femoral condyle fracture as an intraoperative complication of Oxford unicompartmental knee replacement

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