Knee Trauma
A 72-year-old woman with osteoporosis falls at home and sustains a left distal femur fracture. Radiographs show a supracondylar fracture with an intra-articular split extending between the femoral condyles. The fracture is severely comminuted with metaphyseal bone loss. CT confirms the intercondylar extension. She has a contralateral total knee arthroplasty. Regarding distal femur fractures:
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Distal femur fractures have a bimodal distribution: young patients (high-energy trauma, motor vehicl...
The AO/OTA classification divides distal femur fractures into Type A (extra-articular), Type B (part...
Distal femur fractures occur only in elderly patients; the fracture displaces into valgus and flexio...
Surgical options include lateral locked plating (most common, indirect reduction techniques, minimal...
Complications include nonunion (5-10%, higher with comminution and indirect reduction techniques), m...
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