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Table 5 Associated injuries with Floating knee and their management

From: The floating knee: epidemiology, prognostic indicators & outcome following surgical management

Associated injury

Patients

Intervention

Patellar fractures

3

Open reduction internal fixation

Knee ligament injuries – Anterior cruciate, Posterior cruciate, Medial meniscus

4

Ligament reconstruction, medial meniscectomy

Clavicle fractures

4

Conservative

Femoral fractures (opposite)

3

Intramedullary nailing

Femoral artery block

1

Femoro-popliteal bypass graft

Humeral shaft fractures

4

Open reduction internal fixation

Head injury

3

Conservative

Rib fractures

1

Conservative

Haemo-pneumothorax

2

Chest drain insertion

Forearm bones fractures

1

Open reduction internal fixation

Contralateral tibial fractures

4

Intramedullary nailing

Tarsal/metatarsal fractures

4

Conservative

Fat embolism

3

Mechanical ventilation

Median/ulnar nerve palsy

1

Nerve conduction study