distal

AO Classification

Types

1. Supracondylar

2. Unicondylar

3. Intracondylar

Xrays

Supracondylar / Extra-condylar

Epidemiology

Most common long bone fracture

Aetiology

Young patients / sports

Elderly / simple falls

MVA - often compound

Tscherne Soft Tissue Classification

Grade 0

- nil ST injury

Grade 1