FRACTURE AND NONUNION OF THE PROXIMAL TIBIA BELOW AN OSTEOARTHRITIC KNEE - TREATMENT BY LONG STEMMED TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT

Authors
WILKES RA THOMAS WG RUDDLE A
Citation
Ra. Wilkes et al., FRACTURE AND NONUNION OF THE PROXIMAL TIBIA BELOW AN OSTEOARTHRITIC KNEE - TREATMENT BY LONG STEMMED TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT, The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care, 36(3), 1994, pp. 356-357
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care → ACNP
Volume
36
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
356 - 357
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
Proximal tibial fractures below an osteoarthritic knee have a greater risk ofnonunion. Treatment by cast immobilization alone is problematic . Internal fixation alone means the patient will remain handicapped be cause of the knee. Total knee replacement with a long-stemmed prosthes is treats both the fracture and the arthritic knee.