ArticleJournal of orthopaedic case reports2026
Planned Fibular Osteotomy as a Method of Biological Dynamization in the Staged Damage-Control Management of a Fraser Type I Floating Knee.
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Introduction: Floating knee injuries are among the most severe manifestations of musculoskeletal damage. They commonly come in with damaged soft tissues, a lot of blood loss, and people who are about to die from physiological collapse. It is never easy to take care of serious injuries. Every choice tries the delicate balance between biology and stability, especially when open wounds need both caution and urgency. Case Report: A 22-year-old male, a chronic alcoholic with an O-negative blood group, was brought in after a high-velocity road traffic collision. Radiographs showed a Fraser Type I floating knee injury, a distal one-third femoral shaft fracture with a segmental tibial fracture classified as Gustilo-Anderson Grade IIIA. He underwent, in the first stage, retrograde titanium intramedullary (IM) nailing for the femur, combined with ankle-spanning external fixation and meticulous wound debridement, in accordance with the damage-control orthopedics principle. Three weeks later, once the soft tissues had settled, definitive fixation was carried out with closed suprapatellar IM nailing of the tibia. A planned same-level fibular osteotomy was added to encourage controlled compression and biological strain across the tibial fracture. This approach, echoing Wu's concept of fibular osteotomy-assisted dynamization through stabilisation of the fibula (1996, 2001) and later refined as the stress-relieving fibular osteotomy by Vicenti (2019), allows the bone to heal under natural tension. Conclusion: A well-planned osteotomy of the fibula may alter the course of events in such complicated floating-knee injuries. Well-timed in a staged damage-control setting, it provides a simple, biologically friendly method of promoting healing, fusing science and biomechanical art with surgical restraint.
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