"Floating knee" is the term used to describe simultaneous fractures of the femur and tibia in the same limb. Thirty nine patients, with 40 such injuries, are presented with a follow up interval of six months to five years. The final functional result was poor if the femoral fracture was situated in the condylar flare and the results were comparatively better in those cases treated by cast bracing or when the fracture of the femur was stabilised internally. In all cases the fracture of the tibia was treated conservatively.

There are many reports of stab wounds of the spinal cord with neurological deficit, but here we report an intraspinal, extradural stab injury of the spine with no neurological injury. The broken blade was removed eight months later.

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