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Supracondylar extra-articular femur fracture after cementless unicompartmental knee replacement: A rare complication
Doğaç Karagüven1, Tugrul Yildirim2, Burak Akan1
1Deparment of Ortopeadics and Traumatology, Ufuk University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara-Türkiye.
Abstract:
This case report defines an infrequent complication of unicompartmental knee replacement. Periprosthetic supracondylar femoral fracture after total knee replacement is a challenging problem for orthopedic surgeon. To the best of our knowledge, this is the only case describing periprosthetic supracondylar femoral fracture after unicondylar knee replacement.
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