TREATMENT OF SUPRACONDYLAR FEMUR FRACTURES BY LOCKED PLATE

Abstract

Background: Locked plates have more advantages than conventional plates especially when dealing with complex supracondylar femur fractures or osteoporotic bone. Objective: To evaluate the supracondylar femur fractures treated by Patients and Methods: During the period between July 2019 and July 2020, a prospective study was conducted on twenty patients having supracondylar femur fractures and managed by surgical fixation by locked plates. They were followed up for 6 months. Results: The mean age of patients was 57 years, 70% of them were males and 30% were females. The cases were divided into two equal parts 50% were left sided and the other 50% were right sided. Knowing that seven patients have extra-articular fractures and thirteen patients has intra-articular fractures. The result of radiological union.8 was variable 50% of the patients achieved their radiological union in 3 months, 35% patients in 4 months and the remaining 10% achieved their radiological union in more than 6 months which was considered delayed response, and only one patient did not achieve any type of union. These results reflected that 35% of patients were excellent, 25% good, 30% fair and only 10% had poor results. Conclusion: Locked plate is a safe procedure for supracondylar femur fractures with an excellent functional outcome and both early clinical and radiological union.