Primary total knee arthroplasty for supracondylar/condylar femoral fracture in osteoarthritic knees.
Supracondylar or condylar femoral fractures require extended treatment and often result in loss of knee range of motion. We present 3 cases in which femoral fractures and preexisting painful knees secondary to osteoarthritis were treated using total knee arthroplasty with a stemmed femoral implant. The patients were all women aged 83, 84, and 87 years old. All fractures united within 3 months, and the patients could walk with 1 cane within 2 months. Primary total knee arthroplasty should be considered as a treatment for supracondylar/condylar femoral fractures in osteoarthritic knees.
Yoshino
N
N
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto Kujo Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.
Takai
S
S
Watanabe
Y
Y
Fujiwara
H
H
Ohshima
Y
Y
Hirasawa
Y
Y
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D020370:Osteoarthritis, Knee / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography