Assessment of the effect of double plating and single lateral plating on early weight bearing as a primary outcome and improving union and decreasing complications as secondary outcomes.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
34
surgical fixation of the distal femur using two plates to enhance stability and fracture healing.
surgical fixation of the distal femur using a single plate according to standard fixation protocols.
Sander's scale.
A scale of 40 points with 0 as the minimum value and 40 as the maximum value. A higher score means a better outcome. The scale is used as a functional outcome following distal femur fractures fixation using questionaire about the pain, walking ability and return of work and using x rays to measure angulation in degrees and shortening in centimeters and examining the range of motion of the knee joint in degrees.
Time frame: one year
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