Distal Femur Plate (Lateral Locking / Traditional, Medial)

Distal femur fractures come in two broad caseloads. High-energy injuries in younger patients comminute the metaphysis and demand bridging fixation, while low-energy fractures in elderly, osteopenic bone need screws that hold their angle because there is little for a thread to bite. Lateral plating serves both, in locking form for the second group and traditional form where compression technique suits the bone and the pattern.

The medial plate completes the range for the cases a lateral plate alone cannot close: medial condyle fractures and dual-plate constructs for severe bicondylar comminution. Distal screws in all versions are clustered to raft the condylar block, and the longer plates bridge metaphyseal zones that cannot be reconstructed piece by piece. Construct design and approach — including submuscular insertion where chosen — remain with the operating surgeon.

Lateral plates are seated on the lateral condyle with the distal screw cluster rafting the articular block; locking versions hold fixed angles in soft metaphyseal bone, traditional versions compress where the pattern allows. Medial plates address the medial condyle directly or reinforce a dual construct. Each plate type comes in dedicated left and right versions.

The twenty-five-number range across the three plate types is stocked in the BoneCraft warehouse and ships in original manufacturer packaging, with factory lot references documented for the receiving facility.