The dynamic condylar screw: Post-operative complications when used in distal femoral fracture among adults

Objective: to determine the post operative complications when distal femoral fractures in adults is fixed using dynamic condylar screw. study design: observational study. place and duration of study: study conducted in orthopedics department,dow ojha hospital and civil hospital karachi,from july 2014 to december 2015. methodology: although patients’ with simple and closed supracondylar fractures of the femur were treated by dynamic condylar screw system,however for this study inclusion criteria was patients having closed supracondylar fracture of the femur of either gender aged between 20 to 65 years and presented earlier. follow up of all these patients was done. data was analyzed by using spss statistical package version 20. results: out of 46 patients,41(89.13%) patients were males and 5(10.86%) were females. mean age of the patient in this study was 31.1±3.5 years. 33(71.73%) patients sustained injury following road traffic accident (rta),7(15.21%) presented with history of assault and 6 (13.04%) patients sustained injury following fall. the post operative complications observed in this study was infection in 4(8.69%),shortening in 3(6.52%),deformities in 3(6.52%) cases,nonunion in 1(2.17%) case and implant failure in 2(4.34%) cases. conclusion: dynamic condylar screw may confidently be used in the management of supracondylar fractures. the procedure is technically manageable with minimum post operative complications. © 2016,liaquat university of medical and health sciences. all rights reserved.