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Lateral Buttress Plate Along with Cancellous Screw Fixation for Hoffa Fracture Using Swashbuckler Approach

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Coronal plane fracture of the posterior femoral condyle, Hoffa fracture is a rare injury pattern. We report a case of a 32-year-old male with closed Lateral Hoffa fracture along with patella and medial condyle of tibia fracture. Patient was treated using 02 cannulated cancellous screws and a lateral recon plate for Hoffa fracture, tension band wiring for patella fracture and 02 cannulated cancellous screws for tibia fracture through modified swashbuckler approach. Twenty-four months postoperatively, the range of movement in the knee was 0°–130°. In this complex case, our technique provided stable fixation of the fragments and a satisfactory final functional outcome.

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  1. Central Institute of Orthopaedics, Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India

    Sarang Agarwal, Loveneesh G. Krishna, Anish Agarwalla, Jatin Talwar & Ashish Rustagi

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Agarwal, S., Krishna, L.G., Agarwalla, A. et al. Lateral Buttress Plate Along with Cancellous Screw Fixation for Hoffa Fracture Using Swashbuckler Approach. JOIO 55, 780–785 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43465-020-00312-2

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