Distal femur or femoral shaft fracture requiring surgery
Evaluation and treatment at UCSD
Age 18 years or older
Ability to understand the content of the patient information/Informed Consent Form
Signed and dated IRB-approved written informed consent
You may not be if
Any not medically managed severe systemic disease
their doctor has decided that it is in the patient's best interest to receive a different method of fixation
Their doctor has determined that the patient has a condition that would make them unsuitable for participation in the study
Pregnancy or women planning to conceive within the subject participation period (1 year) note: pregnancy will be self-reported and no test will be performed to test for it
Prisoner
Participation in any other pharmacologic or medicinal product study within the previous month that could influence the results of this study
