Distal Femur Fractures
A 35-year-old motorcyclist presents after a high-speed collision with direct trauma to his flexed knee against the dashboard. Examination reveals significant knee swelling and limited range of motion. AP radiograph appears near-normal but the lateral radiograph shows a coronal plane fracture of the lateral femoral condyle with posterior displacement. Regarding Hoffa fractures:
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A Hoffa fracture is a coronal plane (tangential) fracture of the femoral condyle first described by ...
The typical mechanism is axial loading on a flexed knee with the femoral condyle impacting the poste...
Hoffa fractures are easily diagnosed on AP radiographs which typically show the fracture line clearl...
On lateral radiograph, the Hoffa fracture appears as a line parallel to the posterior femoral cortex...
The Letenneur classification divides Hoffa fractures into three types based on fracture height: Type...
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