title: Perioperative adverse events in distal femur fractures treated with intramedullary nail versus plate and screw fixation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To compare 30-day outcomes in patients treated for a distal femur (DF) fracture with plate fixation (PF) or intramedullary nail (IMN).
  
  
  METHODS
  Differences in rates of any adverse events (AAE), serious adverse events (SAE), infectious complications, and mortality were explored between groups in the ACS-NSQIP database.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 511 PF and 44 IMN patients. The PF group and IMN groups had similar rates of AAEs (p = 0.35), SAEs (p = 0.46), infectious complications (p = 1.00), and mortality (p = 0.39).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  DF fractures treated with IMN have equivalent short-term outcomes compared to those treated with PF.
authors.affiliation: NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, New York, NY 10003, USA.
authors.forename: Christian A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Pean
authors.affiliation: NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, New York, NY 10003, USA; Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, Queens, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Sanjit R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Konda
authors.affiliation: NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, New York, NY 10003, USA.
authors.forename: Adam C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Fields
authors.affiliation: NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, New York, NY 10003, USA.
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Christiano
authors.affiliation: NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, New York, NY 10003, USA.
authors.forename: Kenneth A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Egol
keywords: Distal femur; Fracture; Internal fixation; Intramedullary nail; NSQIP