naa a22 4500 51081803X CHVBK 20180411083517.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12306-012-0239-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12306-012-0239-7 Challenges in the management of floating knee injuries in a resource constrained setting [Elektronische Daten] [A. Akinyoola, M. Yusuf, O. Orekha] Floating knee injuries pose major challenges in management. There is little information on the patterns of these injuries and the challenges of managing them in our setting. Patients with floating knee injuries who were seen and treated over a 5-year period at our center were retrospectively reviewed. The patterns of the injuries, associated injuries, methods of management and factors that influenced the outcome were analyzed. Twenty-five patients, consisting of 19 males and 6 females with a mean age of 33.4±16.04years, satisfied the study criteria. All were caused by road traffic injuries, motor cycle crashes accounting for 19 (76%). Twenty-two (88%) injuries were Blake and McBryde type 1, while 3 (12%) were of type 2A. Thirty-two percent of the patients had surgical fixation of both fractures, while 40% of the patients had both fractures managed non-operatively. Non-operative management strongly correlated with development of malunion. The results of management of floating injuries in our setting are not satisfactory. Orthopedic and trauma care should be made accessible to those requiring it. Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, 2013 Floating knee nationallicence Femoral fractures nationallicence Tibial fractures nationallicence Akinyoola A. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria aut Yusuf M. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria aut Orekha O. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria aut MUSCULOSKELETAL SURGERY Springer Milan 97/1(2013-04-01), 45-49 2035-5106 97:1<45 2013 97 12306 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12306-012-0239-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12306-012-0239-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Akinyoola A. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yusuf M. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Orekha O. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- MUSCULOSKELETAL SURGERY Springer Milan 97/1(2013-04-01), 45-49 2035-5106 97:1<45 2013 97 12306 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer