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Stress fracture of the proximal fibula after total knee arthroplasty

We report a rare case of proximal fibular fatigue fracture developing 14 years after total knee arthroplasty in a known case of rheumatoid arthritis. A valgus deformity of the knee can put abnormal stress on the upper fibula leading to its failure. We believe that, as the fibula acts as an important...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ Case Rep
Hauptverfasser: Vaish, Abhishek, Vaishya, Raju, Agarwal, Amit Kumar, Vijay, Vipul
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4854143/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27107057
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2016-214886
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