Abstract

Introduction: Distal femur fracture are being treated with distal femur nail, dynamic condylar screw and even addition of a medial plate with good clinical results. By this study, we explore the potenti ability of a distal femur locking plate to counter distal femur fractures of extra articular, partial or intra- articular nature. Positive results have been brought out by various groups from all over the world. Aim: To study the clinical, functional and radiological outcome of distal femoral fractures managed by open reduction and internal fixation with distal femur locking plate in skeletally mature patients. Materials and Methods: This was a prospective study conducted from January 2018 to January 2021 at the Government Medical College Khandwa with a 6month follow-up in skeletally mature patients with post-traumatic distal femur fractures were included. Follow and evaluation was done according to the Neer scoring system. The statistical data analysis was carried out using SPSS version 20 (IBM, Chicago, USA). The p-value

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