Kadam Rahul

Department of Orthopaedics, MGM Medical College, Kamothe, Navi-Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Publications

• Research Article
  Functional outcome in patients with extra-articular distal femur treated with retrograde intramedullary nailing versus minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis- A cross-sectional study
  Author(s): Shah Akshay, Kadam Rahul, Chhallani Abhay, Badgujar Jatin, Sharma Gaurav and Issrani Mohit*
  
  Introduction- Treatment of extra-articular distal femur fractures remains challenging. The present study aimed to compare the functional outcome of these fractures treated by retrograde nailing versus minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis. Method- This randomized trial was conducted between March 2018 and Feb 2020 at a tertiary care trauma center in Navi-Mumbai on 71 consecutive patients with extra-articular distal femur fractures. The inclusion criteria were closed extra-articular distal femur fractures occurring in adults. Floating knee injuries, ipsilateral lower limb fractures, pathological fractures, compound, and fractures with neurovascular injuries were excluded from the study. Thirty-seven patients in group A were treated with intramedullary nailing while Thirty-four patients in group B were treated by minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis. All the patients were followed .. Read More»
  10.37532/1897-2276.2021.16(1).8