Supracondylar femur fractures above an Insall-Burstein CCK total knee: a new method of intramedullary stem fixation.
Supracondylar femur fracture above a well-fixed posterior cruciate substituting prosthesis may not allow the use of standard fixation methods because of the closed nature of the femoral box. The Insall-Burstein Constrained Condylar Knee femoral prosthesis (Zimmer, Warsaw, IN) possesses a closed box and the capability of modular femoral stems. A retrieval device aids the utilization of the modular ability of the femoral prosthesis to gain intramedullary fixation of supracondylar femur fractures above a well-fixed femoral component allowing restoration of alignment, length, preinjury range of motion, and function.
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Orthopaedic Surgery Practice, Sterling, Virginia, USA.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001863:Bone Screws; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D016268:Internal Fixators; D007720:Knee Prosthesis; D011859:Radiography