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AAOS2018: Failure rate similar between immediate & touch down WB after fixing distal femur fracture
31 patients who had undergone open reduction and internal fixation for an extraarticular, supracondylar distal femur fracture were randomized to either immediate weight-bearing as tolerated (WBAT) or a period of touch down weight-bearing (TDWB). Patients were assessed for the incidence of either catastrophic failure within 3 months or nonuion. Results demonstrated only one case of hardware failure in the WBAT group and one case on nonunion in the TDWB group.
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