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JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC TRAUMA
Volume 18, Issue 8, Pages 565-570Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200409000-00015
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less invasive stabilization system; LISS; failure; distal femur fractures
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Four cases of failure of distal femoral Less Invasive Stabilization System plates are reported. Two modes of failure were observed: in 2 cases, the Less Invasive Stabilization System plates broke, and in 2 cases, the plates gradually displaced from the femur as the shaft screws lost purchase in the diaphyseal femoral cortex. Delayed union/nonunion, early weight bearing, and improper plate placement were identified as the etiologies for plate failure.
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