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01.01.2013 | Orthopaedic Case of the Month
Orthopaedic Case of the Month: A 72-year-old Man With a Painful Flexion Contracture of the Left Thigh
verfasst von:
Nathan L. Cafferky, MD, W. James Malone, DO, Thomas R. Bowen, MD
Erschienen in:
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®
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Ausgabe 1/2013
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Excerpt
A 72-year-old man presented with a 48-hour history of increasing left posterior thigh pain and a progressive left knee flexion contracture. Physical examination revealed that he recently had a left below knee amputation. The stump was healing well. He had a firm posterior thigh with a woody consistency extending from the popliteal fossa proximally to the midposterior left thigh. On attempted passive extension of the left knee, there was exquisite pain in the posterior thigh. …