title: Open bicondylar Hoffa fracture with patella fracture: a case report and literature review.
abstract: Bicondylar Hoffa fractures are rare. We report a patient who sustained an open bicondylar Hoffa fracture with an ipsilateral transverse fracture of the patella after a high-energy motor vehicle accident.
authors: Department of Orthopedics, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, 1200 East Broad Street, 9th Floor West Hospital, PO Box 980153, Richmond, VA, 23298-0153, USA, vmounasa@yahoo.com.
authors: Varatharaj
authors: V
authors: Mounasamy
authors: Lindsey
authors: L
authors: Hickerson
authors: Keith
authors: K
authors: Fehring
authors: Pingal
authors: P
authors: Desai
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D002111:Calcaneus / Q000293:injuries; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000601:surgery*; D010329:Patella / Q000293:injuries*; D017847:Patellar Ligament / Q000293:injuries; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult