Coronal shear fracture of the distal femoral condyle is an unusual injury. Medial condylar Hoffa fracture is a rare injury and has anecdotally been reported in the literature. We describe a rare case of medial condyle Hoffa fracture and its management. A 35-year-old female labourer presented to Orthopaedic emergency with the complaint of acute pain and swelling in her left knee following fall f...

In this report, we present a case of an uncommon coronal fracture of the femoral condyle, known as a Hoffa fracture. Classification of these injuries and commonly associated injuries are discussed. We describe previously proposed mechanisms of injury and review the current literature. The difficulty in establishing radiologic diagnosis on the basis of radiography exclusively is emphasized. Fina...

BACKGROUND To determine effects of allogeneic human chondrocytes expressing TGF-β1 (TG-C) on structural progression of MRI features of knee osteoarthritis over a 1 year period. METHODS This phase II randomized controlled trial of TG-C included patients with moderate to advanced osteoarthritis. Patients were randomized to receive an intraarticular 3:1 mixture of non-transduced allogeneic human...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether the presence of structural osteoarthritis (OA) features over as many as 4 years prior to incident radiographic OA increases the risk of radiographic OA in a nested, case-control design. METHODS We studied 355 knees from the Osteoarthritis Initiative cohort that developed radiographic OA before the 48-month visit. They were matched one-to-one by sex, age, and contra...

Il s’agit d’une basketteuse âgée de 25 ans présentant des douleurs antérieures du genou droit à 3 chirurgie réalignement l’appareil extenseur genou. Ces étaient apparues progressivement sans notion traumatisme et ne permettaient plus la pratique sportive. L’IRM a mis en évidence un Hoffa volumineux œdématié. Une exérèse arthroscopique ce dernier permis disparition symptômes reprise sportive au ...