A prospective study of functional outcome of coronal plane fracture of femoral condyle treated with cannulated cancellous screws

Abstract

Background: Lower limb fractures constitute one third of all fractures. The most common fractures involves around the shaft of femur. Distal femur fractures constitute 3-6% of all femur fractures and 1% of all orthopaedic trauma [1] . Distal femur fractures can be either supracondylar or condylar type. Condylar type involves in two planes, sagittal & coronal planes (Hoffa Fracture). The incidence of Hoffa fracture is 8.7 to 13% of all distal femur fractures [2] . Material and Methods: Eighteen cases of Hoffa’s fracture fixed with cancellous screws between from June 2017 – June 2019 at Stanley medical college hospital, Chennai. Results: The mean follow up period was 24 months. The results were analysed using knee society score. The outcome was excellent in 65%, good in 15%, fair in 10% and poor in 10 % by Knee society Conclusion : we conclude that the early anatomical reduction and rigid fixation with screws provide best results with minimal complications.