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Purpose <p>To describe&#xa0;our clinical and functional experience in treating distal femur fractures using double helical plating with immediate full weight-bearing.</p> Method <p>A retrospective, unicentric, case series study, based on data from patients with&#xa0;distal femur fractures who underwent surgery between 1 November 2019 and 31 January 2024. All patients who had a distal femur fracture and fulfil the criterion of previous ambulation were surgically treated using a standard lateral plate plus a helical moulded medial plate osteosynthesis through a MIPO technique with immediate full weight-bearing. We assessed length of surgery, blood loss during surgery, ambulation at 48&#xa0;h after surgery; and&#xa0;at 6&#xa0;months:&#xa0;clinical (‘excellent’&#xa0;ambulation)&#xa0;and functional success (motion and malalignment),&#xa0;mortality&#xa0;and&#xa0;radiological outcome.&#xa0;A descriptive analysis was performed.</p> Results <p>Seventy-three patients were diagnosed with distal femur fracture, of which 68 (7 men, 61 women, with a median age of 84 (range, 50–99) years old) were included in the study. Median length of surgery was 132 (range, 69–235) min, median blood loss during surgery was − 2.2 (range, 0.2–5) g/dL. At 4&#xa0;days, all (100%) patients ambulated.&#xa0;At 6&#xa0;months, clinical and functional success were 59.68% (95% CI 47.3–71.0%) and 98.38% (95% CI 91.4–99.7%), respectively;&#xa0;6 (8.8%, 95% CI 4.1–17.9%) patients died, all the remaining had an&#xa0;excellent/good&#xa0;radiological assessment.</p> Conclusion <p>Double helical plating for treating distal femur fractures is a stable and minimally invasive osteosynthesis technique, which enables immediately full weight-bearing with a minimum risk of secondary displacement or fixation failure. This technique could be considered as a good option for the fixation of&#xa0;distal femur fractures in frail patients.</p>

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Immediate full weight-bearing, reduced perioperative morbidity and mortality after surgery in the treatment of distal femur fractures using a standard lateral plate plus a helical moulded medial plate ostheosynthesis

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    2025年2月1日

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  • Guillem Molina-Olivella,
  • Miquel Videla-Cés,
  • Sebastian Videla

摘要

Purpose

To describe our clinical and functional experience in treating distal femur fractures using double helical plating with immediate full weight-bearing.

Method

A retrospective, unicentric, case series study, based on data from patients with distal femur fractures who underwent surgery between 1 November 2019 and 31 January 2024. All patients who had a distal femur fracture and fulfil the criterion of previous ambulation were surgically treated using a standard lateral plate plus a helical moulded medial plate osteosynthesis through a MIPO technique with immediate full weight-bearing. We assessed length of surgery, blood loss during surgery, ambulation at 48 h after surgery; and at 6 months: clinical (‘excellent’ ambulation) and functional success (motion and malalignment), mortality and radiological outcome. A descriptive analysis was performed.

Results

Seventy-three patients were diagnosed with distal femur fracture, of which 68 (7 men, 61 women, with a median age of 84 (range, 50–99) years old) were included in the study. Median length of surgery was 132 (range, 69–235) min, median blood loss during surgery was − 2.2 (range, 0.2–5) g/dL. At 4 days, all (100%) patients ambulated. At 6 months, clinical and functional success were 59.68% (95% CI 47.3–71.0%) and 98.38% (95% CI 91.4–99.7%), respectively; 6 (8.8%, 95% CI 4.1–17.9%) patients died, all the remaining had an excellent/good radiological assessment.

Conclusion

Double helical plating for treating distal femur fractures is a stable and minimally invasive osteosynthesis technique, which enables immediately full weight-bearing with a minimum risk of secondary displacement or fixation failure. This technique could be considered as a good option for the fixation of distal femur fractures in frail patients.