Treatment of acute distal femur fractures.
An emphasis on indirect reduction techniques to restore limb alignment has improved the rate of fracture healing and decreased infection rates, fixation failure, and the need for bone grafting.
Crist
Brett D
BD
Department of Orthopedics, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65212, USA.
Della Rocca
Gregory J
GJ
Murtha
Yvonne M
YM
D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001860:Bone Plates; D004867:Equipment Design; D016267:External Fixators; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005592:Fracture Fixation; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed