TITLE:
Distal Tibial Stress Fracture Secondary to Severe Osteoarthritis Knee
AUTHORS:
Raviraj Adala, Surendranath Shetty, Ashish Anand, Rajendran Ravidnran
KEYWORDS:
Fracture; Stress; Fractures; Tibia; Osteoarthritis; Knee; Tibia
JOURNAL NAME:
Surgical Science,
Vol.4 No.4,
April
24,
2013
ABSTRACT: Stress fractures of the tibia are commonly seen in young athletes or
military recruits due to repetitive micro trauma. These are rare in elderly
patients. Osteoarthritis knee with varus deformity leading to stress fracture
is rare but has been reported in literature. Stress fracture in osteoarthritis
more commonly occurs in upper third tibia. We report a patient who had stress
fractures of distal tibial shaft secondary to advanced osteoarthritis of knee
with varus deformity.