title: Treatment of acute distal femur fractures.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65212, USA.
authors.forename: Brett D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Crist
authors.forename: Gregory J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Della Rocca
authors.forename: Yvonne M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Murtha
mesh_terms: 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