Femoral stress fracture after computer navigated total knee arthroplasty.
Computer navigation for total knee arthroplasty is increasingly used because it improves the accuracy of femoral and tibial components implantation. However, every new technique is associated with its own complications. Here, we report on a patient who developed a distal femoral stress fracture after two attempts at fixing the navigation tracker.
Ossendorf
Christian
C
Balgrist University Hospital, Department of Orthopedics, University of Zurich Forchstr. 340, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland.
Fuchs
Bruno
B
Koch
Peter
P
D000368:Aged; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D015775:Fractures, Stress / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D020370:Osteoarthritis, Knee / Q000601:surgery; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted