Operative Treatment of Supracondylar-Condylar Fractures of the Femur

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E treated by the technique developed by the Swiss AO group. The end results were analyzed in fifteen of these patients who were available for follow-up. Two patients had a Group-I fracture and five, a Group-II fracture. Nine patients had Group-III fractures of which three were open and six needed cancellous bone grafts to fill bone defects present after anatomical reduction. All fractures united although one had a pseudarthrosis and required further stabilization and bone grafting before it healed. Three patients had infections but only one had severe symptoms and marked limitation of the knee joint motion as a consequence. Follow-up study revealed very good and satisfactory results in fourteen patients and a poor result in one. The good end results were attributed to the stable osteosynthesis which permitted early postoperative function. Copyright © 1972 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Incorporated...

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