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Case report: migration of a broken screw to the knee joint after hardware failure following closing wedge distal femoral osteotomy

BACKGROUND: We report a case of hardware failure after distal femoral osteotomy (DFO) with a broken screw pulled out from the locking hole and positioned within the knee joint. CASE PRESENTATION: A 57-year-old man presented to our orthopedic outpatient department with 3-months history of an unusual...

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Autores principales: Lee, Yong Seuk, Lee, Seung Hoon, Lee, Eui Soo, Fong, Teck Siong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6425689/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30894158
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-019-2505-4