Wu CM, Liao HE, Lan SJ. Simultaneous bilateral floating knee: A case report. World J Clin Cases 2022; 10(28): 10172-10179 [PMID: 36246811 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i28.10172]
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Shou-Jen Lan, PhD, Professor, Department of Healthcare Administration, Asia University, No. 500 Lioufeng Road, Wufeng District, Taichung 41354, Taiwan. shoujenlan@gmail.com
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Orthopedics
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World J Clin Cases. Oct 6, 2022; 10(28): 10172-10179 Published online Oct 6, 2022. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i28.10172
Simultaneous bilateral floating knee: A case report
Chi-Ming Wu, Hung-En Liao, Shou-Jen Lan
Chi-Ming Wu, Department of Orthopaedic, Jen-Ai Hospital, Taichung 42481, Taiwan
Chi-Ming Wu, Department of Orthopaedic, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 11490, Taiwan
Chi-Ming Wu, Hung-En Liao, Shou-Jen Lan, Department of Healthcare Administration, Asia University, Taichung 41354, Taiwan
Shou-Jen Lan, Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan
Shou-Jen Lan, School of Medical Science, Putian University, Putian 351100, Fujian Province, China
Author contributions: Wu CM performed the operation and wrote the manuscript; Lan SJ analysed the clinical data and submitted the manuscript; Liao HE revised the manuscript; All authors approved the final version of this manuscript.
Informed consent statement: All study participants provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors, including Chi-Ming Wu and Shou-Jen Lan, all declare that they have no conflict of interest.
CARE Checklist (2016) statement: The authors have read the CARE Checklist (2016), and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the CARE Checklist (2016).
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Shou-Jen Lan, PhD, Professor, Department of Healthcare Administration, Asia University, No. 500 Lioufeng Road, Wufeng District, Taichung 41354, Taiwan. shoujenlan@gmail.com
Received: March 23, 2022 Peer-review started: March 23, 2022 First decision: May 31, 2022 Revised: June 30, 2022 Accepted: July 27, 2022 Article in press: July 27, 2022 Published online: October 6, 2022 Processing time: 187 Days and 21.3 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Blake and McBryde first used the term floating knee (FK) in 1975. FK often induces severe life-threatening complications, including head injury, intra-abdominal bleeding, vascular rupture, fat embolism syndrome, and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Treatment of FK is challenging. An urgent primary assessment and resuscitation followed by suitable and timely definitive treatment comprising systemic soft tissue and fracture considerations reduces the risk of complications. Simultaneous bilateral FK is extremely rare. We report a case of simultaneous bilateral FK, which included bilateral femoral, tibial, and fibular fractures caused by an electric motorcycle accident, and discuss its therapy process and associated complications.
