Weightbearing versus non-weight bearing in geriatric distal femoral fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Demographics of patients who sustain geriatric distal femoral fractures (DFF) match those of patients with neck-of-femur fractures but have limited evidence with which to support post-operative weightbearing protocols.

Purpose

This systematic review sought to identify any difference in outcomes for elderly patients with DFF who were allowed early versus delayed weightbearing postoperatively.

Methods

DATA SOURCES: PubMed, Medline, Embase and The Cochrane Library, reference lists of retrieved articles.

Study selection

English language papers published between January 2010 and February 2023 with AO-OTA type 33A, B and C femoral fractures as well as Lewis and Rorabeck Type I and II periprosthetic DFF surgically treated with either a lateral locking plate

SUBMITTER: Wardle B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11666600 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature