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Patients were included who had a minimum of 3 months of follow-up or until fracture union.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Outcome Measures and Comparisons:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Patient data pertaining to demographics, surgical details, and radiographic outcomes were systematically collected and analyzed. Coronal and sagittal alignments were evaluated using the anatomic lateral distal femur angle and anatomic posterior distal femoral angle, respectively. Reoperations were stratified into planned and unplanned categories and further classified as major or minor.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study cohort comprised 127 patients (52% males) with 130 complete articular distal femur fractures (3 patients with bilateral fractures) with a mean age of 49.9 years (range: 12\u201395 years). The mean clinical follow-up was 254.1 days (range: 90\u20131882 days). Postoperative mean anatomic lateral distal femur angle was 83.4 degrees, and anatomic posterior distal femoral angle was 1.2 degrees apex posterior. Articular reductions were anatomic (0 mm residual displacement, 93.8%) or near anatomic (between 0 and 2 mm residual displacement, 6.2%) in all cases. All reductions were maintained at final follow-up. The reoperation rate was 15.4%, with 3.8% of cases classified as major unplanned operations. Most minor unplanned reoperations (8% of cases) were for implant irritation or knee arthrofibrosis. The rate of osseous union was high, with only 1 case of nonunion observed, yielding an aseptic nonunion rate of 0% and an infected nonunion rate of 0.8%.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Independent articular reduction and retrograde intramedullary nailing of AO\/OTA 33C femur fractures resulted in an overall reoperation rate of 15.4%, major unplanned reoperation rate of 3.8%, an osseous union rate of 99%, and maintained articular and metaphyseal reductions at final follow-up. 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