Items tagged “floating knee”
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Floating knee
Published
05 Mar 2022
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Floating knee
Floating knees occur when there are ipsilateral fractures of both femoral and tibial shafts. These are relatively rare injuries with reported poor outcomes.
Clinical presentation
The usual presentation is a combined closed midshaft femoral fracture and open midshaft tibial fracture. Vascular i...