Bicondylar Hoffa fracture: open reduction internal fixation using the swashbuckler approach.

Coronal plane fractures of the femoral condyle are infrequent injuries and are often missed. Unilateral bicondylar coronal plane fractures are even rarer, with only eight reported cases in scientific literature, and are often associated with other injuries. We present here a case of unilateral bicondylar Hoffa fracture that presented in our emergency department and was managed with open reduction and internal fixation by lateral parapatellar arthrotomy using the swashbuckler approach with satisfactory results.

Digastric trochanteric flip osteotomy and surgical dislocation of hip in the management of acetabular fractures.

Objectives: To assess the efficacy and safety of digastric trochanteric flip osteotomy technique in the management of acetabular fractures and to evaluate surgical outcome in terms of fracture reduction, femoral head viability of selected acetabular fractures treated operatively using a digastric trochanteric flip osteotomy and a modified Kocher–Langenbeck approach with surgical dislocation of the femoral head.

Design: Prospective.

Patients: Eighteen patients predominantly with combined transverse and posterior wall fractures or multifragmentary posterior wall fractures.

Locking compression plate in long standing clavicular nonunions with poor bone stock.

Background: Aim of our study was to evaluate the use of Locking Compression Plate (LCP) in patients with long standing nonunions of the clavicle with osteoporotic bones.

Material And Methods: There were a total of 11 patients. Surgery was performed for painful nonunion with shoulder dysfunction.