[Acute knee pain in pregnancy. Case report of Regional Transient Osteoporosis].

نویسندگان

  • Raúl Javier García Renedo
  • Antonio Ortiz Menéndez
  • Miguel Giráldez Sánchez
  • Juan Ribera Zabalbeascoa
  • David H Gonzalo
چکیده

The article presents the case of a patient who after her first pregnacy, during the immediate postpartum period, suffered a femoral supracondylar fracture complicated by bone marrow edema syndrome (BMES), also known as regional temporary osteoporosis (RTO). The fracture of the distal femur was treated with an open reduction and internal fixation of the distal femur by means of a minimally invasive procedure.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Reumatologia clinica

دوره 6 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010