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Injury

Volume 35, Issue 8, August 2004, Pages 828-830
Injury

CASE REPORT
Cruciate fracture of the distal femur: the double Hoffa fracture

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Introduction

We describe a comminuted intercondylar fracture of the distal femur that was associated with a coronal split of both condyles, essentially double Hoffa fractures. Initially poorly treated, revisional reconstruction with small fragment screw fixation and the LISS-DF device was performed. The patient regained active knee ROM from 10 to 100° and the fracture had healed after 8 weeks.

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Case report

A 20-year-old woman was involved in a 50 mph head on impact in a motor vehicle crash and taken to an outside hospital. Her main injuries were a closed fracture of left femur (AO-OTA 32C), a closed intercondylar fracture of the right femur (AO-OTA 33C2.3) and an open fracture of the right clavicle. There was no neuro-vascular compromise and no head or visceral injury. Following initial resuscitation, her fractures were stabilised operatively three hours after injury. An unreamed left femoral

Discussion

The “Hoffa” fracture is a rare injury where there is a coronal plane fracture in the femoral condyle. This was first described by Friedrich Busch in 1869 and later by Albert Hoffa in 1904.1 There are very few reports in literature describing its management and to our knowledge, no previous report of a complex C type injury with bicondylar Hoffa fractures. Recently Zeebregts et al.4 described a case of unilateral bicondylar fracture of femur but there was no metaphyseal fracture, after screw

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