Coronal fractures of the femoral condyle (Hoffa fractures) are uncommon injuries that have a better outcome when treated surgically. We report a series affive Hoffa fractures (including one nonunion) treated at a Levell trauma center by one surgeon employing a protocol ofopen reduction and internal fIxation with lag screws through a formal parapatellar approach. Postoperatively, all patients be...

BACKGROUND Isolated coronal plane fractures of the distal femoral condyles (Hoffa fractures) occur uncommonly, are difficult to diagnose, and may be challenging to treat. The combination of supracondylar distal femoral fractures and these coronal plane fractures is thought to occur rarely. The purposes of the present study were to identify the frequency of the association between supracondylar-...

Background: Fractures of the distal femur are rare and severe. For an extra-articular fracture, all therapeutic options possible mini-invasive surgery can be performed. In case intra-articular open reduction internal plate fixation should Objective: To evaluate functional radiological outcomes 20 patients with comminuted supracondylar fractures managed by either single or double plating. Patien...

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...