Skip to main content

Table 2 Advantages and disadvantages of the lambda-incision approach

From: A novel approach to distal femur: a minimally invasive technique for supracondylar and intercondylar fracture

Advantages

Disadvantages

The least metadiaphyseal soft tissue damage

Preserve all the anastomosis ring

Well exposure of the implant position site

Posterior femoral cortex reachable

The best cosmetic appearance

Long learning curve

More surgical time

Difficult to extend the wound if clinically required