Clinical and patient-reported outcomes of distal femur fracture fixation in adults aged 18–50 years
One in 8 young patients with a distal femur fracture underwent reoperation for nonunion and one in 33 for FRI. Physical function scores were marginally lower than the reference population, whereas depression and anxiety scores were similar. The finding that physical function scores were more influenced by baseline patient factors than injury characteristics is important for prognostication and patient education. These results should be interpreted in the context of the small sample size, and future research with larger cohorts is needed to confirm these findings and better understand long-term functional outcomes in young patients following treatment of distal femur fractures.
Authors
- Robert Kaspar Wagner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7031-1643)
- Jacob S.W. Borgida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5443-2591)
- Wei Shao Tung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5525-3027)
- Niels Brinkman
- Austin T. Gregg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5741-9840)
- Thuan V. Ly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6208-5490)
- Derek S. Stenquist (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7271-5580)
- Adam N. Musick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3666-6287)
- Maaz Muhammad
- Thomas J. Policicchio
Institutions
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Center for Orthopaedics (US)
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology
- Published
- 2025-06-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00590-025-04392-4
- Primary Topic
- Bone fractures and treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00