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Management of Chondral Injuries Following Fractures Around the Knee

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Fractures around the knee joint are able to impair the articular cartilage in various manners. Chondral injuries directly related to knee fractures with an intraarticular involvement (e.g., multifragmentary cartilaginous defect areas, osteochondral fragments, or osteochondral steps) are cartilage lesions, which are diagnosed and need to be treated in the course of the osteosynthesis.

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    Johannes Zellner, Matthias Koch, Johannes Weber & Peter Angele

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Zellner, J., Koch, M., Weber, J., Angele, P. (2021). Management of Chondral Injuries Following Fractures Around the Knee. In: Hanschen, M., Biberthaler, P., Waddell, J.P. (eds) Knee Fractures . Strategies in Fracture Treatments. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81776-3_22

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