Highly unstable complex C3-type distal femur fracture: can double plating via a modified Olerud extensile approach be a standby solution?

Background: Multiplanar complex C3-type unstable distal femoral fractures present many challenges in terms of approach and fixation. This prospective study investigates a possible solution to these problems through double plating with autogenous bone grafting via a modified Olerud extensile approach.

Materials And Methods: Twelve patients with closed C3-type injuries were included; eight of them were male, and their mean age was 33.

Locked plating for femoral fractures in polio patients.

Background: Femoral fractures in polio survivors present unique challenges; the bone is often small, deformed, osteoporotic and hypovascularized. Locked compression plating aided in achieving a better construct stability of osteoporotic fractures.

Methods: A total of 13 unilateral femoral fractures in adult polio patients were fixed with locked compression plating in a prospective study.