Objective To explore the interventions for traumatic floating knee.
Method We retrospectively analyzed the data of 32 patients with traumatic floating knee. The following-up time is 6 to 22 months with average time of 11 months.
Result All the followed-up patients got bone union. One patient was with plate revealed, 2 patientss were infectious, 2 patients were with lock pin broken. According to Floating Knee Damage Limb Function Evaluation Scale produced by Karlstrom, 21 patients were excellent, 6 were good, 4 were fair and one was poor, and the excellent and good rate was 84.3%.
Conclusion Operation for traumatic floating can recover the alignment and stability of lower limber, recover knee function and reduce complication.
Citation: TAN Bin,LI Jun,XIONG Xiaojiang. Clinical Analysis of Operation for 32 Patients with Traumatic Floating Knee. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2008, 08(3): 217-218. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20080048 Copy