Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Jun 2022
ReviewUnion rates and functional outcome of double plating of the femur: systematic review of the literature.
The optimal treatment strategy for the surgical management of femur fractures and non-unions remains unknown. The aim of this study is to assess union rates, complications and outcome after femoral double plating. Treatment of shaft, distal, periprosthetic fractures and pathological proximal femur fractures as well as femoral non-unions with double plating were evaluated. ⋯ IV.
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Jun 2022
ReviewUnion rates and functional outcome of double plating of the femur: systematic review of the literature.
The optimal treatment strategy for the surgical management of femur fractures and non-unions remains unknown. The aim of this study is to assess union rates, complications and outcome after femoral double plating. Treatment of shaft, distal, periprosthetic fractures and pathological proximal femur fractures as well as femoral non-unions with double plating were evaluated. ⋯ IV.