Functional outcome of retrograde nailing versus locked plating of extra-articular distal femoral fractures in adults: A randomized controlled trial
Vol. 9 No. 3 (2020), Original Research Article
Vol. 9 No. 3 (2020)

Functional outcome of retrograde nailing versus locked plating of extra-articular distal femoral fractures in adults: A randomized controlled trial

Original Research Article
Published 2020-09-30
Chandra Bhusan Yadav
Consultant, Department of Orthopaedics, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Sunsari, Nepal
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-1251
Asish Rajak
Lecturer, Department of Orthopaedics, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Sunsari, Nepal
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5207-0591
Bikram Prasad Shrestha
Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Sunsari, Nepal
Raju Rijal
Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Sunsari, Nepal
Rajiv Maharjan
Additional Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Sunsari, Nepal
Rosan PS Kalawar
Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Sunsari, Nepal
Amit Limbu
Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Sunsari, Nepal
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Keywords

Distal femur; Fracture; Nailing; Plating.

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Yadav, C. B., Rajak, A., Shrestha, B. P., Rijal, R., Maharjan, R., Kalawar, R. P., & Limbu, A. (2020). Functional outcome of retrograde nailing versus locked plating of extra-articular distal femoral fractures in adults: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Kathmandu Medical College, 9(3), 122–129. Retrieved from https://jkmc.com.np/ojs3/index.php/journal/article/view/1043
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Abstract

Background: Distal femoral fracture constitutes the supracondylar and intercondylar fractures of femur. These are treated by locking plates as well as with nails. Despite the widespread use of both techn

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