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Complex knee injury scenario in tertiary level care in North India: An epidemiological study.
Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma 2017 November
Floating knee injury has been considered as one of the severe orthopedic injury, and is often associated with major systemic trauma involving other organs.
Objective: To identify the incidence of floating knee injury, severity of injury and associated orthopaedic and non-orthopaedic injury.
Methods: Epidemiologic study conducted from 1 Jan 2014 to 31 Dec 2014.
Results: A total of 136 cases with floating knee injury were registered. Modified Fraser classification showed 58 patients had type 1, 74 had type 2 and 4 had type 3 floating knees. 119(87.5%) patients had open fractures and Gustilo-Anderson type IIIA(29.4%) being the commonest. No Mortality was found. 16 (11.76%) of floating knees had to undergo amputation of afflicted limb.
Conclusion: Statics of such data would be helpful in planning and preparing ourselves as healthcare professionals to prevent high mortality and morbidity/disability in floating knee injury.
Study design: Retrospective Epidemiological.
Level of Evidence: Level 4 (Case Study).
Objective: To identify the incidence of floating knee injury, severity of injury and associated orthopaedic and non-orthopaedic injury.
Methods: Epidemiologic study conducted from 1 Jan 2014 to 31 Dec 2014.
Results: A total of 136 cases with floating knee injury were registered. Modified Fraser classification showed 58 patients had type 1, 74 had type 2 and 4 had type 3 floating knees. 119(87.5%) patients had open fractures and Gustilo-Anderson type IIIA(29.4%) being the commonest. No Mortality was found. 16 (11.76%) of floating knees had to undergo amputation of afflicted limb.
Conclusion: Statics of such data would be helpful in planning and preparing ourselves as healthcare professionals to prevent high mortality and morbidity/disability in floating knee injury.
Study design: Retrospective Epidemiological.
Level of Evidence: Level 4 (Case Study).
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