Bilateral femoral neck stress fracture following bilateral total knee arthroplasty: a case report.
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Abstract
In the treatment of degenerative knee arthritis, total knee arthroplasty is a commonly performed surgery. After knee replacement, stress fractures at lower extremity may rarely occur due to changes in lower extremity alignment and biomechanical axis. We report an 82-year-old woman with a bilateral femoral neck stress fracture 3 years after bilateral total knee replacement. Physicians should be aware of this rare complication and these fractures should be treated without any surgical delay.
Medical subject headings
- Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
- Femoral Neck Fractures
- Fracture Fixation, Internal
- Fractures, Stress
- Osteoarthritis, Knee
Anatomy
- femur
- knee