Femoral fracture following knee ligament reconstruction surgery due to an unpredictable complication of bioabsorbable screw fixation: a case report and review of literature

We report an unusual case of femoral fracture from minimal trauma, due to the rapid disappearance of a bioabsorbable interference screw used for reconstruction of the posterolateral corner of the knee. The literature on bone tunnel fractures following knee ligament reconstruction surgery is also rev...

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Autores principales: Konan, Sujith, Haddad, Fares Sami
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Milan 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2837813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20016925
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10195-009-0079-x
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spelling pubmed-28378132010-03-24 Femoral fracture following knee ligament reconstruction surgery due to an unpredictable complication of bioabsorbable screw fixation: a case report and review of literature Konan, Sujith Haddad, Fares Sami J Orthop Traumatol Case Report We report an unusual case of femoral fracture from minimal trauma, due to the rapid disappearance of a bioabsorbable interference screw used for reconstruction of the posterolateral corner of the knee. The literature on bone tunnel fractures following knee ligament reconstruction surgery is also reviewed. Springer Milan 2009-12-17 2010-03 /pmc/articles/PMC2837813/ /pubmed/20016925 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10195-009-0079-x Text en © Springer-Verlag 2009
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Femoral fracture following knee ligament reconstruction surgery due to an unpredictable complication of bioabsorbable screw fixation: a case report and review of literature
title Femoral fracture following knee ligament reconstruction surgery due to an unpredictable complication of bioabsorbable screw fixation: a case report and review of literature
title_full Femoral fracture following knee ligament reconstruction surgery due to an unpredictable complication of bioabsorbable screw fixation: a case report and review of literature
title_fullStr Femoral fracture following knee ligament reconstruction surgery due to an unpredictable complication of bioabsorbable screw fixation: a case report and review of literature
title_full_unstemmed Femoral fracture following knee ligament reconstruction surgery due to an unpredictable complication of bioabsorbable screw fixation: a case report and review of literature
title_short Femoral fracture following knee ligament reconstruction surgery due to an unpredictable complication of bioabsorbable screw fixation: a case report and review of literature
title_sort femoral fracture following knee ligament reconstruction surgery due to an unpredictable complication of bioabsorbable screw fixation: a case report and review of literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2837813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20016925
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10195-009-0079-x
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