Excellent outcome with modified thompson quadricepsplasty for knee extension contracture: Case report and review of the literature

The daily life routine activities require a good range of knee motion, losing that after femur fracture is common problem can be triggered by extension contracture, flexion or combined contractures. This case report about 19-year-old male with unremarkable medical history who suffered from contracture no following wrongly applied plate for distal fracture, which was treated successfully surgically modified Thompson's quadricepsplasty 21 months the initial injury. final outcome lag and 120° active flection. aim reporting this to increase awareness quadricepsplasty, an excellent solution debilitating complication present review literature procedure. evaluate correlation influence patient's age, interval trauma, preoperative surgical approach, postoperative care on its modifications treatment posttraumatic contractures besides that, answer question: Is procedure treat contracture?