Practical approach to the native distal femur fractures in the elderly: A rapid review over the recent trends

Abstract

Significant work has been done in recent years on treatment strategies for distal femur fractures. Inclusive reviews on periprosthetic fractures of distal femur have been carried out recently, but there is a lack of such reviews on the subject of native distal femur fractures in the recent literature. In this narrative review, we are set out to address the latest updates on geriatric non-periprosthetic distal femur fractures, and perform a rapid review over different treatment options, arriving at a summarized proposed treatment algorithm.

Keywords: Approach; Bone graft; Distal femur; Double plate; Elderly; Fracture; Geriatric; Osteoporosis; Retrograde nail.