Bilateral Hoffa fracture--a rarity
Heuschen, U.A.; Göhring, U.; Meeder, P.J.; Hoffa, A.; Busch, F.
Aktuelle Traumatologie 24(3): 83-86
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-6173 PMID: 8048369 Document Number: 429467
The isolated, tangential fracture of the dorsal part of the femoral condylus was first described by Friedrich Busch (1844-1916), a surgeon from Berlin in 1869, and not as always supposed by Albert Hoffa (1859-1907) in 1904. This is a case report describing a bilateral type B3-fracture of the distal femur (AO-fracture-classification) in a 58 year old man. Diagnostic, surgical procedure and outcome are described and discussed.