Hoffa fracture associated with femoral shaft and proximal tibial fractures: report of two cases
【Abstract】 Solitary coronal shear fractures of femo-ral condyle, such as Hoffa’s fracture, are usually associated with supracondylar or intercondylar fractures of the femur. These fractures are rare and seen in the context of high energy mechanism leading to multiple injuries; therefore a thoro...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2012-12-01
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| Series: | Chinese Journal of Traumatology |
| Online Access: | http://www.cjtrauma.com/apps/ojs/index.php/cjt/article/view/342 |
| Summary: | 【Abstract】 Solitary coronal shear fractures of femo-ral condyle, such as Hoffa’s fracture, are usually associated
with supracondylar or intercondylar fractures of the femur.
These fractures are rare and seen in the context of high
energy mechanism leading to multiple injuries; therefore a
thorough workup of the patient is required to rule out other
significant injuries. Hoffa’s fracture associated with femo-ral shaft and proximal tibial fractures is extremely rare and
no such injury has been reported previously. We report two
such cases which were managed with standard operative
fixation techniques and demonstrated good to excellent func-tional outcome after a follow-up of one year. This report
emphasizes that high index of suspicion is required for di-agnosis of these injuries and a thorough workup is manda-tory to rule out other associated injuries. We also propose a
possible mechanism of injury.
Key words: Femoral fractures; Tibial fractures;
Fracture fixation |
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| ISSN: | 1008-1275 |