Distal femoral fractures in elderly patients. Results of retrograde intramedullary interlocking nailing

ABSTRACT

Distal femoral fractures constitutes about 7% of all fernoral fractures [4]. In elderly patients, these fractures are mostly low energy fractures predisposed to by increase in porosity with aging, decrease in strength and osteoporosis. Different technique were used for surgical stabilization. In this series 34 fractures were stabilized using the interlocking retrograde nail. The outcome was% excellent and good in 80% of the cases. We concluded that the retrograde femoral nailing is a safe and reliable implant for fixation of type A distal femoral fracture in low demand elderly patients