title: Reconstructive osteotomy for a malunited medial Hoffa fracture - A feasible salvage option.
abstract: A 35-year-old male presented with pain and restriction of movements of right knee of 9 months duration. He underwent open reduction and internal fixation for a coronal plane fracture of medial femoral condyle (Hoffa fracture) in another facility 9 months back. Radiological evaluation showed a malunited isolated medial Hoffa fracture. We did an intraarticular osteotomy as a salvage treatment and got a reasonable outcome. This case report analyses the difficulties in the management of this inherently unstable fracture pattern and the technique of intraarticular osteotomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, NMC Specialty Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: Binu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sasidharan
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, NMC Specialty Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: Surendra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shetty
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, NMC Specialty Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: Satheesh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Philip
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, NMC Specialty Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: Shivanand
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shetty
keywords: Hoffa's fracture; Intraarticular osteotomy; Malunion