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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">3334</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2021.13229</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Surgical Management of Distal Femur Fracture Using Anatomical Locking Compression Plate&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Agrawal</surname><given-names>Aditya K.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Bansal</surname><given-names>Anirudh</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Rawat</surname><given-names>Sudheer</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Kapadiya</surname><given-names>Shubham</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Desai</surname><given-names>Sarvang</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Golwala</surname><given-names>Paresh</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>16</day><month>01</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>176</fpage><lpage>181</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: Distal femur fractures are common injuries and are mostly caused due to vehicular injuries in the middle-aged population. Operative treatment has been preferred in the current scenario with open reduction and internal fixation in these fractures. Objective: To observe the surgical outcome of distal femur fractures operated with anatomical locking compression plate. Methods: This is a prospective observational study in 24 patients (20 male and 4 female). We classified the fractures according to AO/OTA classification and the patients were treated accordingly with anatomical locking compression plating. Functional outcomes were assessed according to __ampersandsignldquo;Schatzker and Lambert Score__ampersandsignrdquo; at final follow up. Results: The mean age of presentation at the time of injury in the present study was 40.6 years. Open fractures were seen in11 patients and associated ipsilateral limb injuries were seen in 8 and contralateral limb injuries were seen in 4 patients. The mean follows up in the present study was 9 months. There were 8 cases of infection with seven being superficial infection treated conservatively and one case hada deep infection which was treated with debridement and antibiotics.In our study, there were 79.2 % (n=19) excellent to good results and 20.8 % (n=5) fair outcome according to Schatzker and Lambert criteria). Conclusion: Distal femur fracture treated with anatomical locking compression plate needs careful anatomical reduction, rigid fixation, early knee mobilization and weight-bearing onsigns of healing with the early presentation to the hospital from the time of injury were the essential factors in achieving a better outcome for the patient.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd> Distal femur fracture</kwd><kwd> Anatomical locking plate</kwd><kwd> Schatzker and Lambert scoring system</kwd><kwd> Soft tissue contractures</kwd><kwd> Rehabilitation</kwd><kwd> Vehicular accidents</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
