A rare cause for knee pain: fracture of the femoral component after TKR. A case report.
We report the rare case of sudden knee pain due to fracture of the total knee replacement nine years after implantation. Fracture occurred because of subsequent osteolysis due to polyethylene wear.
Luring
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Regensburg, Kaiser-Karl-V. Allee 3, 93077 Bad Abbach, Germany. c_luering@yahoo.de
Perlick
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Schubert
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Tingart
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D000368:Aged; D018771:Arthralgia / Q000209:etiology*; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D007720:Knee Prosthesis; D008297:Male; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation