Abstract:[Objective] To compare the clinical outcomes of the bridge combined fixation system (BCFS) used in hybrid fixation (HF)versus double-rod fixation (DRF) for distal femoral fractures. [Methods] A retrospective study was conducted on 36 patients who receiveBCFS internal fixation for distal femoral fractures in our hospital from January 2018 to December 2020. Based on doctor-patient communi-cation, 17 patients received HF, while the other 19 patients received DRF. The perioperative period, follow-up and imaging data of the twogroups were compared. [Results] Two groups of patients successfully completed the operations with no serious complications. Although theHF group proved significantly greater than the DRF group in terms of operation time [(110.8±16.6) min vs (97.5±13.4) min, P<0.05] and in-cision length [(22.9±4.2) cm vs (19.6±3.0) cm, P<0.05], there were no significant differences in intraoperative blood loss, fluoroscopy times,postoperative drainage volume, incision healing grade and hospital stay between the two groups (P>0.05). All patients in both groups werefollowed up for more than 12 months, and the HF group resumed walking [(31.9±9.1) days vs (40.4±9.1) days, P<0.05] and the full weightbearingactivity [(117.0±32.4) days vs (149.0±44.7) days, P<0.05] significantly earlier than the DRF group. The knee ROM, HSS scores andSchatzker-Lambert (S-L) scale significantly increased in both groups over time (P<0.05). Despite of the fact that there were no significantdifferences in the above indexes between the two groups before surgery (P>0.05), and no significant differences in knee flexion-extensionROM between the two groups at any matching time point after surgery (P>0.05), the HF group proved significantly superior to the DRFgroup in term of HSS score one month after surgery [(60.2±4.2) vs (56.5±5.1), P<0.05], whereas which became not statistically significantbetween the two groups at 6 months after surgery and the latest follow-up (P>0.05). In addition, the former was significantly better than the latter in term of S-L grade [excellent/good/fair/poor, 6 months postoperatively (7/9/1/0) vs (3/9/5/2), P<0.05; the last follow-up (14/2/1/0) vs(9/8/1/1), P<0.05]. Regarding to imaging, there was no significant difference in the quality of fracture reduction and the time of fracturehealing between the two groups (P<0.05), while the HF group got significantly less the femorotibial angle than the DRF group (P<0.05).[Conclusion] This BCFS used in HF configration might take advantages of avoiding the varus deformity of the distal femur, while achievingstable fixation over the DRF for distal femoral fractures, especially for the comminuted fractures.