Fatigue fracture of the femoral neck after total knee arthroplasty a case report.
Prolonged immobility predisposes to a multitude of medical problems. In the rheumatoid patient, immobility contributes to a preexisting problem of osteoporosis. Our patient with longstanding rheumatoid arthritis underwent total knee arthroplasty and subsequently developed a fatigue fracture of the ipsilateral femoral neck. To our knowledge, this is the first such case to be reported in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.
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Henke
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Herbertson
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Gibson