Nonunion after a tibial shaft fracture complicating tibial tubercle osteotomy

Authors
Arredondo, J Worland, RL Jessup, DE
Citation
J. Arredondo et al., Nonunion after a tibial shaft fracture complicating tibial tubercle osteotomy, J ARTHROPLA, 13(8), 1998, pp. 958-960
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Ortopedics, Rehabilitation & Sport Medicine
Journal title
JOURNAL OF ARTHROPLASTY
ISSN journal
08835403 → ACNP
Volume
13
Issue
8
Year of publication
1998
Pages
958 - 960
Database
ISI
SICI code
0883-5403(199812)13:8<958:NAATSF>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Tibial shaft fracture after tibial tubercle osteotomy in total knee replace ment 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 f acilitate exposure. Three weeks after surgery, he presented with a transver se shaft fracture, which became a nonunion requiring surgical management. T his shaft nonunion and its solution after tibial tubercle osteotomy is disc ussed as well as relevant literature.