Supracondylar Fracture Femur; Dynamic Condylar Screw Fixation Experience at Liaquat University Hospital Jamshoro

.. Objectives: Our experience by dynamic condylar screw in the treatment of supracondylar femur fracture, which is quite a long time, has stayed challengeable issue in orthopedic surgery, at LUH. Study Design: An observational cross sectional study. Setting: Orthopedic Surgery Department, Liaquat University. Methodology: Cases along both sexes with additional articular fractures, conceded inside of 2-3 days were incorporate and cases having open epiphysis, open fracture, pathological and intra articular fractures were not a piece of this study. Hospital stay average was 18 days. Follow up was done of every one of the Patients after each third week for two only visits, then every 6th week for about 6 months. All the data were recorded on particularly outlined proforma. Results: In this study 19(63.3%) male and 11 female (36.6%) patients. Mean age was found 35yrs. Commonest cause of injury was RTA in 80% patients. 65% patients got injury to left lower limb while 35% to right lower limb. There were only two infections i.e. the infection rate was 6.66%. Union rate was 93.3% and nonunion rate was 3.3% and there was only one mal union i.e. mal union rate was 3.3% .Bone grafting was done in 21 patients. The overall good to excellent results were in 84% cases and fair to poor in 16% cases. Conclusions: DCS gives solid fractures fixation after decrease and makes postoperative recovery simple, so in light of patient’s financial state in Pakistan. DCS is perfect insert for distal femoral exceptionally for these fractures.