Journal article
A rare case of bicondylar Hoffa fracture associated with ipsilateral tibial spine avulsion and extensor mechanism disruption.
Abstract
Intra-articular coronal fractures (Hoffas fractures) of distal femur are rare. Although bicondylar involvement in these fractures has been reported in the literature in association with high velocity traumata, the occurrence of these fractures involving extensor mechanism rupture and avulsion of ipsilateral tibial spine is extremely rare. To our acquaintance, such a fracture pattern has not yet been reported in the literature so far. In this …
Authors
Bali K; Mootha A-K; Krishnan V; Kumar V; Rawall S; Goni V
Journal
Chinese Journal of Traumatology, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 253–256
Publication Date
2011
ISSN
1008-1275