Stress fracture of the proximal fibula after total knee arthroplasty. (22nd April 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Vaish, Abhishek; Vaishya, Raju; Agarwal, Amit Kumar; Vijay, Vipul
• Is Part Of: BMJ case reports. Volume 2016
• Publication Date: 2016-04-22
• Subjects: Medicine -- Case studies -- Periodicals; 610.5
• DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2016-214886
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1757-790X

Abstract

Abstract : 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 lateral strut, its disruption due to a fracture led to rapid progress of the valgus deformity of the knee in this patient.