Intraoperative avulsion fracture of the intercondylar eminence in Oxford mobile-bearing unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: Case report

Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) has good postoperative results and long term survival [1]. Benefits include lower invasiveness, faster recovery and lower mortality compared with total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The revision rate has been reported to be higher than after TKA, however, and complications can occur. Tibial fractures are serious complications that are especially prevalent in Asian individuals [2]. Most of these fractures have been reported to occur in the medial tibial plateau postoperatively, and there is a small number of reports on intraoperative fracture of the intercondylar eminence.

Source: The Knee - December 10, 2022 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Akira Saitoh, Takafumi Hiranaka, Akihiko Arimoto, Atsuki Tanaka, Yoshihito Suda, Motoki Koide, Takaaki Fujishiro, Koji Okamoto Tags: Case Report Source Type: research