A prospective study of functional outcome of distal femur fractures by locking plate

Abstract

Introduction: In last few decades, rapid industrialization and the fast pace of life have brought both comforts and catastrophe like road traffic accidents and crippling many young lives. High velocity road traffic accidents are responsible for distal femur fractures more commonly observed in the young and middle aged patients. This necessitates early stabilization of fractures. Internal fixation is the choice of treatment in fractures distal femur and Locking Condylar plate has shown to give one of the best results in terms of recovery, fracture union, return to work and the functional outcome.Aims and objective: To study the outcome of open reduction and locking plate fixation of fractures of distal end of femur and to evaluate the effectiveness and complications of the Locking plate fixation method of treatment of fractures of distal end of femur.Material and Method: It is a prospective observational study. Conducted in patients admitted to Department of Orthopedics’ at BLDEU’S Shri B.M. Patil’s Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Vijayapura with diagnosis of distal Femur fracture. The patients were informed about study in all respects and informed written consent was obtained. Period of study was between November 2017 to May 2019. Follow up period was for 6 months. Data was analysed by SPSS v21 and p-value