Floating knee and elbow injuries are complex orthopedic conditions that occur when there are fractures in both the femur and tibia (for the knee) or the humerus and radius/ulna (for the elbow ...

The mechanism of injury is commonly a fall on the outstretched hand with the elbow extended, with the force applied indirectly to the distal humerus, displacing it posteriorly. Posteriorly ...