Treatment of Distal Femoral Fractures with Retrograde Interlocking Intramedullary Nails under Ar-throscopy
Abstract：Objective To summarize the clinical results of distal femoral fractures with retrograde interlocking intramedullary nails under arthroscopy. Methods Between February 2008 and August 2012,13 cases of closed distal femoral fractures were treated by operation. There were 8 males and 5 females with an average age of 49. 3 years(range,20 ~72 years). According to AO classification for fractures,there were 9 cases of type A1,4 cases of type A2. The knee joint function after surgery were evaluated by Merchant performance score. Results Thirteen cases were followed up for 10 ~34 months(18. 7 months on average). At the time of the last follow-up,All the patients obtained satisfactory results after operation without joint infection. Postoperative X-ray showed femoral fracture callus healing,no blood vessels,nerve injury,infection,Knee valgus,and loosening internal fixation occurred. According to Merchant performance score,the results were excellent in 10 cases,in 2 cases,and fair in 1 case with an excellent and good rate of 92. 3%. Conclusion The use of arthroscopic retrograde intramedullary interlocking nails not only help fixation,but also benefit diagnosis and treatment of the complications of knee in time.
Keywords：arthroscopyretrograde interlocking intramedullary naildistal femoral fractures
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 555-557 )