Knee Ligament Injury in Femoral Shaft Fractures

afshin taheriazam; Mohammadnaghi Tahmasebi

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Knee Ligament Injury in Femoral Shaft Fractures

Author(s):

afshin taheriazam^1,*,

Mohammadnaghi Tahmasebi¹

1Dept of Orthopedics, Faculty of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Zahedan, Iran

Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences:Vol. 10, issue 4; e94502

Published online:Nov 30, 2008

Article type:Research Article

Received:Jul 25, 2008

Accepted:Nov 22, 2008

How to Cite:afshin taheriazamMohammadnaghi TahmasebiKnee Ligament Injury in Femoral Shaft Fractures.Zahedan J Res Med Sci.10(4):e94502.

Abstract

Background: Simultaneous knee ligament injury with femoral shaft fracture happens not
infrequently. Such injuries may be missed on initial evaluation of the broken limb. In this study we
report the prevalence of knee ligament injury in a group of isolated femoral fractures.
Materials and Methods: A total of 125 patients with isolated femoral fractures entered to this
study and followed for 24 months. After fixation of their fractures, all patients underwent a
thorough examination of knee ligaments in the operating room.
Results: Among these 123 cases 75.1% were male. Mean age was 26.2 years. There were 39
patients (31.2%) with simultaneous ligamentous injury. The types of ligamentous injury were as
follow: medial collateral ligament (18), posterior cruciate ligament (12), lateral collateral ligament
(6), and anterior cruciate ligament (3).
Conclusion: Based on the above findings, it is recommended to have a high index of suspicion for
co-existence of knee injuries in ipsilateral fracture of femoral shaft.

Keywords

Femoral Fracture

Knee joint

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