Orthopedic Care and Consultation
47 years old mason by profession came with knee injury after a motor vehicle accident. Xray revealed fracture of upper end tibia.
Fracture of Upper End Tibia
The patient was treated by open reduction and fixation by lateral head tibial buttress plate
Following xray is of 37 years old female who suffered a fracture patella after a fall.
Xray of Displaced Fracture of Patella -Lateral View
The fracture fragments are widely displaced and require tension band wiring.
Lateral view of united fracture patella showing a broken stain steel circlage wire.
Lateral View of Knee Showing Broken Stainless Steel Circlage Wire In United Fracture Patell
The circlage was done two years back for fracture of patella which is well united on this xray.
The implant was removed.
Twenty six years old male fell from motorbike and injured his knee. The xray revealed comminuted fracture of patella
Comminuted Fracture Of Patella
The fracture was treated with tension band wiring using screws and kwires.
A patient with old operated and united intertrochanteric fracture was operated for another injury in the same limb. For suprcondylar fracture of femur.
The following image was taken after 4 weeks of surgery
Femoral Condylar Plate In Patient With Prevoius DHS
Though the complete profile is not visible, one can make out the outline of DHS (Dynamic Hip Screw).
Lateral Head Tibial Buttress Plate is used to fix upper end tibia fractures. Following photograph was taken during surgery of proximal tibia fractures
Peroperative Photograph Lateral head Tibial Buttress Plate In Proximal Tibia Fracture
The patient was 52 years old lady who fell from stairs. Patient developed deep vein thrombosis in postoperative period which was treated successfuly. Fracture eventually united and full range of motion in knee was regained.
46 years old male was treated by open reduction and internal fixation for fracture of medial condyle of tibia.
Following xray was taken after 10 weeks of surgery
United Fracture Medial Condyle of TIbia Fixed WIth Buttress Plate
The fracture has united in the above xray.
Hoffa fracture is a fracture of condyle of femur in coronal plane [A plane that divides the body into front and back halves]
Following is an xray of 41 years old male who had Hoffa’s fracture in motor vehicle injury and was operated for the same.
Following xrays are after 4 weeks of surgery.
First the anteroposterior view.
Hoffa fracture fixed with cancellous screws and Herbert Screws
Here is the lateral view.
Lateral View of The Operated Fracture
Cannulated cancellous screws and Herbert Screws have been used for fixation of the fracture.
Two months follow up xray of operated fracture lateral condyle tibiia fixed with buttress plate.
Fracture Of Lateral Condyle Of Tibia Showing Union After 2 Months of Fixation
At two months the fracture is well united.
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