Background: Intraarticular distal femur fractures are severe injuries posses many challenges in management and associated large number of complications like infection, knee stiffness, delayed union, nonunion, instability, and post-traumatic arthritis. The advent of distal femur locking plate has improved the operative outcome of these fractures. Aim and Objectives: This retrospective study aimed to determine the functional, clinical and radiological outcome of AO type C distal femur fractures treated with distal femur locking plate. Level and type of study: Level 4, A retrospective study. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 52 patients with AO type C distal femur fracture in our hospital between January 2010 to December 2017. Patients were selected according to strict inclusions criteria and operated distal femur locking plate through medial parapatellar or modified swashbuckler approach. The functional and radiological outcome were studied using NEER knee score. Results: Total 52 patients in which 38 males and 14 females with a mean age of 41.77 years, a mean follow up of 14.56 months were included in our study. According to AO classification, 12 patients of type C1 fracture, 14 of C2 fracture and 26 of type C3 fracture were included. Average time of union was 18.4 weeks and average NEER score at final follow up was 77.68 with 18 patients had excellent, 22 patients had satisfactory results, 7 were had fair results and 5 had poor results. The average range of flexion was 95.86. Conclusion: Distal femur locking plate is better to provide angular stability, multiple options to secure fracture fragments both metaphyseal and articular to restore limb length, joint congruity, and varusvalgus alignment. Along with the anatomical reduction of joint surface and rigid fixation, early mobilization and proper physiotherapy are mandatory to get the optimum outcome.

Background and Aim: Common knee injuries include meniscal or ligamentous tears, which can cause discomfort, instability, and movement restrictions. The knee is evaluated using a variety of imaging techniques, such as radiography, CT scans for fractures, and MRIs for soft tissue damage to the knee joint. Our study's objective was to compare the results of the aforementioned two methods and assess the radiological and arthroscopic ndings of anterior cruciate and meniscal injuries. Find out which of the two is more effective at accurately diagnosing ACL and meniscal injury. Material and Methods: This is a prospective study that was done on at least 200 patients who met the inclusion criteria and were being treated for knee injuries at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in India. Among of them, 200 knee injury patients had an MRI, clinical examination, and arthroscopy. Many statistical tests were used to compare and assess the outcomes. These arthroscopy and MRI data were used to compute the accuracy, sensitivity, and specicity. Results: In our investigation, the sensitivity, positive predictive value, and accuracy of an MRI scan in identifying ACL injury were 91.10%, 93.10%, and 87.5%, respectively. In our investigation, the sensitivity, positive predictive value, and accuracy of MRI scan in diagnosing medial meniscus damage were, respectively, 86.8%, 90.12%, and 87.2%. In our study, lateral meniscus injury was detected by MRI scan with 74.15% sensitivity, 71.25% PPV, and 84% accuracy, respectively. Conclusion: Our research demonstrated good sensitivity, specicity, and accuracy for knee joint ACLand meniscal injuries. Meniscus and ACLdamage can be accurately diagnosed by MRI. For therapeutic arthroscopy, MRI is a suitable screening tool, negating the need for diagnostic arthroscopy in the majority of patients. For the assessment of ligamentous and meniscus injuries, magnetic resonance imaging is a reliable and noninvasive method.

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