Fixation of Chondral Fracture of the Weight-bearing Area of the Lateral Femoral Condyle in an Adolescent

Overview

Journal Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc

Publisher Wiley

Specialties Emergency Medicine
General Surgery
Orthopedics

Date 2014 Jan 14

PMID 24414379

Citations 11

Authors

Chung Ming Chan

Joseph J King 3rd

Kevin W Farmer

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Abstract

Purely chondral fractures of the distal femur associated with patellar dislocation are uncommon, and treatment varies from fixation to debridement and marrow stimulation techniques. The unusual case reported here involves an adolescent who underwent fixation of a purely chondral fracture involving a large weight-bearing portion of the lateral femoral condyle. Chondral fracture healing was confirmed on follow-up magnetic resonance imaging and arthroscopic examination. This case suggests that fixation of purely chondral fractures can be successful in weight-bearing areas of the knee. Level of evidence V.

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