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Nonunion after a tibial shaft fracture complicating tibial tubercule osteotomy
J Arredondo1, R L Worland, D E Jessup
1Advanced Orthopaedic Centers, HealthSouth Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia 23294, USA.
The Journal of Arthroplasty
|January 8, 1999
Abstract:
Tibial shaft fracture after tibial tubercle osteotomy in total knee replacement is a rare complication. We report on a 67-year-old man who had a knee revision arthroplasty in which a long tubercle osteotomy was performed to facilitate exposure. Three weeks after surgery, he presented with a transverse shaft fracture, which became a nonunion requiring surgical management. This shaft nonunion and its solution after tibial tubercle osteotomy is discussed as well as relevant literature.