title: Arthroplasty in treating knee osteoarthritis and proximal tibia stress fracture.
abstract: The authors describe two cases of severely angulated tibial non-unions after proximal tibia stress fractures associated with ipsilateral osteoarthritis treated with modular knee endoprosthesis with a long tibial stem to stabilize non-union fragments. During the procedure, no additional osteosynthesis or bone grafting was added. Both non-unions healed after 6 months with no post-operative complications. The authors suggest implantation of modular knee endoprosthesis, as a single procedure, in treatment of proximal tibia non-union after a stress fracture as a result of severe varus/valgus deformity. It provides a solution for osteoarthritis treatment, axis correction and non-union osteosynthesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia. miroslav.haspl@zg.tel.hr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haspl
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jelić
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pećina
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; D005260:Female; D015775:Fractures, Stress / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005599:Fractures, Ununited / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016916:Joint Deformities, Acquired / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007720:Knee Prosthesis; D020370:Osteoarthritis, Knee / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*