Sixteen patients with supracondylar-condylar fractures of the femur were treated by the technique developed by the Swiss AO group. The end results were analyzed in fifteen of these patients who were available for follow-up.
Two patients had a Group-I fracture and five, a Group-II fracture. Nine patients had Group-III fractures of which three were open and six needed cancellous bone grafts to fill bone defects present after anatomical reduction.
All fractures united although one had a pseudarthrosis and required further stabilization and bone grafting before it healed.
Three patients had infections but only one had severe symptoms and marked limitation of the knee joint motion as a consequence.
Follow-up study revealed very good and satisfactory results in fourteen patients and a poor result in one.
The good end results were attributed to the stable osteosynthesis which permitted early postoperative function.