title: Total posterior condylar separation in a juvenile knee: open fixation through a posterior arthrotomy.
abstract: The authors report a case of separation involving the posterior aspect of the lateral femoral condyle in a 13-year-old boy. The patient presented with a 2-year history of vague knee discomfort and recurrent knee effusions in the absence of a single acute traumatic event. A large mobile osteochondral fragment involving most of the posterior aspect of the lateral condyle was refixed surgically with two screws via a posterolateral arthrotomy. The knee has recovered full function and the lesion is radiologically stable.
authors.affiliation: Dunedin Hospital, Dunedin, New Zealand. jean-claude.theis@stonebow.otago.ac.nz
authors.forename: Jean-Claude
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Theis
authors.forename: Djamel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Louahem
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dimeglio
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001863:Bone Screws; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010008:Osteochondritis Dissecans / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography