Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
Abstract
Distal femur fractures are most complex injuries causing long term disability. In recent years AO blade plate, dynamic condylar screw intra medullary, supra condylar nail and locking compression plate showing good results. Present study was aimed to study treatment with locking compression plate for distal femur fractures and its functional outcome. Present study was prospective, observational study, conducted in patients above 18 years age, presenting with distal femoral fractures with or without osteoporotic changes, managed surgically with locking compression plate. In our study of the 30 patients, 18 were Males, 12 were Females. Males and females were almost in equal number. Highest number of patients were in their 4th decade (26.6). Most of the patients, reported within 1st week of injury to the hospital. All patients had closed injury. Type A1 muller’s fracture was the most common fracture type 8 out of 30 patients (26.6%) along with Type C2. Overall results were excellent in 7 (23.3%) out of 30 cases and were satisfactory in 22 (73.3%) cases and one had an unsatisfactory result. The overall average knee score in our study was 81.4%. We can Observe that all the Excellent results were from Type A Fracture and satisfactory results were seen in Type A, B, C. Early complications were encountered in 5 patients and these were superficial wound infection, delayed wound healing (wound gaping), pin tract infection Late complications were observed like malunion with varus in 2 patients, Plate breakage in 1 patient, knee stiffness in 2 patients. The LCP condylar plate is the treatment of choice in the management of comminuted distal femoral fractures especially Type A fractures where we have found higher Neer scores.
How to cite this article:
P. Raja Sekhar, T. Zeeshan Muzahid, N. Frank David and G.V.S. Moorthy. Study of Treatment with Locking Compression Plate for Distal Femur Fractures and its Functional Outcome.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.36478/makrjms.2024.12.186.190
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