Bilateral Unicondylar Hoffa Fracture Along with Tibial Spine Avulsion Injury in a Patient: Case Report
Journal Title: Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research - Year 2018, Vol 12, Issue 8
Abstract
ABSTRACT Coronal fractures of distal femur are complex intra articular fractures. Various cases of unicondylar and bicondylar Hoffa fractures have been reported in literature. Bilateral unicondylar Hoffa fracture is a very rare injury and it is not reported in literature to best of our knowledge. We report a case of bilateral unicondylar Hoffa fracture associated with tibial spine avulsion in right knee and possible mechanism of injury in same patient.
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Sumit Gupta, Jaswant Kumar
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- DOI 10.7860/JCDR/2018/34859.11893
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