TY - JOUR
T1 - Synovitis due to migration of a screw into the knee joint. A case report
AU - Moreno, M.
AU - Dekel, S.
AU - Goodwin, D.
AU - Salama, R.
PY - 1982
Y1 - 1982
N2 - We describe the case of a patient with reactive synovitis of the knee joint due to migration of a broken screw down the medullary cavity of the femur and eventual penetration of the knee joint. Migration of metallic implants, such as wires and pins used for internal fixation, to distant areas of the body is not unusual. This has been reported in soft tissues, but to our knowledge no similar case of migration of a screw in bone and its penetration of the joint space has been described.
AB - We describe the case of a patient with reactive synovitis of the knee joint due to migration of a broken screw down the medullary cavity of the femur and eventual penetration of the knee joint. Migration of metallic implants, such as wires and pins used for internal fixation, to distant areas of the body is not unusual. This has been reported in soft tissues, but to our knowledge no similar case of migration of a screw in bone and its penetration of the joint space has been described.
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U2 - 10.2106/00004623-198264040-00022
DO - 10.2106/00004623-198264040-00022
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AN - SCOPUS:0020030263
SN - 0021-9355
VL - 64
SP - 622
EP - 623
JO - Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series A
JF - Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series A
IS - 4
ER -