Abstract

The femur being the longest and strongest bone in the body is subject to enormous amounts of stresses. The distal shaft of femur which gradually widens is quite resistant to stress concentration and failure. But with aging, slow bone turnover and reduced resistance of the skeletal structures, this part is more liable to shatter than the mid-shaft. As soon as patients were brought in to our cares, detailed clinical history was obtained. Then clinical assessment of general condition, skeleton and soft tissue injuries were done, peripheral vascular status was assessed and there injuries ruled out shock was treated appropriately. The injured limbs of all patients were immobilized either by Thomas splint, pop slab or skeletal traction there were no criteria to select the mode of immobilization. Road traffic accidents were major cause of supracondylar fractures. Out of 33, 25(75.75%) patients sustained fractures because of RTA. Remaining 8 patients had a history of fall.C2 type of fracture was more common (Muller’s Classification).

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