Robert P Dunbar, Kenneth A Egol, Clifford B Jones, Jan P Ertl, Brian Mullis, Edward Perez, Cory A Collinge, Robert Ostrum, Catherine Humphrey, Michael J Gardner, William M Ricci, Laura S Phieffer, David Teague, William Ertl, Christopher T Born, Alan Zonno, Jodi Siegel, Henry Claude Sagi, Andrew Pollak, Andrew H Schmidt, David C Templeman, Andrew Sems, Darin M Friess, Hans-Christoph Pape, James C Krieg, Paul Tornetta
OBJECTIVES: The 2 main forms of treatment for distal femur fractures are locked lateral plating and retrograde nailing. The goal of this trial was to determine whether there are significant differences in outcomes between these forms of treatment. DESIGN: Multicenter randomized controlled trial. SETTING: Twenty academic trauma centers. PATIENTS/PARTICIPANTS: One hundred sixty patients with distal femur fractures were enrolled...
February 1, 2023: Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma