[Interlocking nailing of distal femoral fractures. Technique and results]

Treatment with interlocking nails is sufficient for fractures at the distal diaphysis and the distal methaphyseal region of the femur. Fractures associated with intracondylar fissures can be treated with an interlocking nail only in isolated cases. This paper gives a report on 47 cases and compares two series. The complications observed were: infection (4.25%); fracture of nail (4.25%); and deviation of axis (12.08%). We didn't observe pseudarthrosis in any of these patients. Bone healing occurred in all cases.