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Review
. 2013 Nov:23 Suppl 2:S261-5.
doi: 10.1007/s00590-013-1194-1. Epub 2013 Feb 27.

Open bicondylar Hoffa fracture with patella fracture: a case report and literature review

Varatharaj Mounasamy  1 , Lindsey Hickerson, Keith Fehring, Pingal Desai
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Open bicondylar Hoffa fracture with patella fracture: a case report and literature review

Varatharaj Mounasamy et al. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2013 Nov.

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.

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