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CC BY 4.0 · Surg J (N Y) 2021; 07(02): e59-e61
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1725159
Case Report

Calcaneal Plate for Medial Femoral Condyle Fractures—Is This It? A Clinical Case

Rómulo Silva
1   Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, ULSAM – Viana do Castelo, Portugal
,
Elsa Moreira
1   Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, ULSAM – Viana do Castelo, Portugal
,
Ricardo Branco
1   Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, ULSAM – Viana do Castelo, Portugal
,
Filomena Ferreira
1   Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, ULSAM – Viana do Castelo, Portugal
,
Margarida Areias
1   Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, ULSAM – Viana do Castelo, Portugal
,
Carolina Oliveira
1   Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, ULSAM – Viana do Castelo, Portugal
,
Bruno Alpoim
1   Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, ULSAM – Viana do Castelo, Portugal
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Abstract

Management of unicondylar femoral fractures is mainly done by open reduction and internal fixation. Anatomic reduction in the articular surface is paramount in this type of lesion. Medial condyle fractures lack specific osteosynthesis material for fixation.

We report a case resolved with the sparsely documented technique using calcaneal plate fixation.

Keywords

knee - trauma - calcaneal - plate


Publication History

Received: 23 April 2020

Accepted: 27 November 2020

Article published online:
25 May 2021

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