[The floating knee in adults: twenty-four cases of ipsilateral fractures of the femur and the tibia].

Objectives: We evaluated the presenting features of ipsilateral femoral and tibial fractures in adults, and the effects of both fracture type and severity of skeletal injury on the results.

Methods: The study included 24 patients (22 men, 2 women; mean age 38 years; range 17 to 75 years). According to the classification by Letts et al.