Abstract
Distal femur fractures are challenging injuries to treat and their outcomes rely on restoration of length, rotation, alignment, and articular congruity. Special care must be taken with intra-articular femur fractures to carefully assess preoperative imaging for the presence of coronal shear fractures, as these must be reduced and fixed independently. Understanding the anatomical relationships of the knee joint, as well as being able to evaluate articular congruity, is key when reconstructing distal femur fractures. Also, understanding the implants being used and how they are intended to be applied to the distal femur is important in delivering a good outcome for this challenging injury.
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I would like to thank Dr. Peter V. Giannoudis for donating some of the clinical photographs for this chapter and Dr. Andrew R. Evans for donating some of the radiographs for this chapter.
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Johnson, J.P. (2020). Distal Femoral Fractures (Hoffa/Periprosthetic). In: Giannoudis, P. (eds) Fracture Reduction and Fixation Techniques. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24608-2_20
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