J Korean Fract Soc.  1994 May;7(1):181-186.

The Treatment of Supracondylar Femur Fracture after Total Knee Replacement

• Bae DK
• Lee HK
• Cho CH

Abstract

We had five cases of the supracondylar fracture of the femur among 419 total knee arthroplasties in 330 patients that were done between January 1989 and december 1992 The incidence was 1.2%. Two cases were treated by non-operative methods. One case was treated by open reduction and screw fixation. And other two cases were treated by closed intramedullary Ender nailing. Prearthroplastic diagnosis was three cases of rheumatoid arthrltis, one degenerative arthritis and one tuberculous arthritis. The average age was 49.8 years(range, 34 to 71) and all patients were female. The supracondylar fractures occured by fall down injury and those were not associated with other injury The average duration between total knee arthroplasty and fracture was 1 year 8 months(range 9 months to 3 year 9 months). The average follow up period was 13 months(range, 6 months to 2 year 6 months). Posttreatment angulation was 2.3 degrees in AP plane and 6.7 degrees in lateral plane.

Keyword

Supracondylar fracture; Total knee arthroplasty

MeSH Terms

Arthritis
Arthroplasty
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee*
Diagnosis
Female
Femur*
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Incidence
Knee
Osteoarthritis