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Abstract

Objectives: Our experience by dynamic condylar screw in the treatment ofsupracondylar femur fracture, which is quite a long time, has stayed challengeable issue inorthopedic surgery, at LUH. Study Design: An observational cross sectional study. Setting:Orthopedic Surgery Department, Liaquat University. Methodology: Cases along both sexeswith additional articular fractures, conceded inside of 2-3 days were incorporate and caseshaving open epiphysis, open fracture, pathological and intra articular fractures were not a pieceof this study. Hospital stay average was 18 days. Follow up was done of every one of thePatients after each third week for two only visits, then every 6th week for about 6 months. Allthe data were recorded on particularly outlined proforma. Results: In this study 19(63.3%) maleand 11 female (36.6%) patients. Mean age was found 35yrs. Commonest cause of injury wasRTA in 80% patients. 65% patients got injury to left lower limb while 35% to right lower limb. Therewere only two infections i.e. the infection rate was 6.66%. Union rate was 93.3% and nonunionrate was 3.3% and there was only one mal union i.e. mal union rate was 3.3% .Bone grafting wasdone in 21 patients. The overall good to excellent results were in 84% cases and fair to poor in16% cases. Conclusions: DCS gives solid fractures fixation after decrease and makes postoperativerecovery simple, so in light of patient’s financial state in Pakistan. DCS is perfect insertfor distal femoral exceptionally for these fractures.