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| Year : 2005 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 166-168 |
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Treatment of long bone fractures in children by flexible titanium elastic nails
Atul Bhaskar
Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, India
Correspondence Address:
Atul Bhaskar
Apt 403, Bldg No 18, MHADA complex, Oshiwara, Andheri, Mumbai 4000 053
India
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.36715
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Background: Elastic intra-medullary nailing is a new technique for treatment of various paediatric fractures. The use of these titanium nails is preferred over conventional stainless steel nails used in the past.
Method: Sixty patients with various long bone fractures underwent operative treatment with elastic intra-medullary nails. The mean age was ten years and the mean follow-up period was 28 months.
Results: All children achieved union in a mean time of 10 weeks. Few technical complications were seen earlier on in the series. Two cases developed infection which resolved with antibiotics. Insignificant limb length discrepancy was seen in 3 children, but this remains a potential problem which needs close follow-up until skeletal maturity.
Conclusion: Elastic intra-medullary nailing of long bone fracture is an excellent technique in the surgical treatment of long bone fracture in children. It is safe, less invasive and associated with fewer complications. |
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