‘Modern’ distal femoral locking plates allow safe, early weight-bearing with a high rate of union and low rate of failure

Abstract

Our study suggests an exponential increase in the incidence of a fracture of the distal femur with age, analogous to the population suffering from a proximal femoral fracture. Allowing immediate unrestricted weight-bearing after LDFLP fixation in these elderly patients was not associated with failure of fixation. There was a high rate of union and low rate of re-operation. Cite this article: <i>Bone Joint J</i> 2017;99-B:951-7.