Background The treatment for length-unstable diaphyseal femur fractures among school-
age children is commonly intramedullary elastic nails, with or without end caps. Another …

Background: Titanium elastic nail (TEN) fixation was originally meant as an ideal treatment
method for femoral fractures, but was gradually applied to other long bone fractures in …

Femoral shaft fracture is the most common injury requiring hospital admission among
children. The limited number of studies makes it challenging to provide accurate prognosis …

Materials and Methods: This prospective research had been done in our hospital's
orthopedic department. Fifty patients, aged 5 to 15 years, who had femur shaft fractures were …

Background: Femoral shaft fractures are among the most common long bone fractures in the
pediatric population, with a higher incidence in boys and typically resulting from falls …

Femoral diaphyseal fractures account for< 2% of fractures among paediatric age group.
However, with advancement in the field of orthopaedics, surgeons are interested in a better …

Aim: To compare the mal-union between Titanium and Stainless Steel Elastic Nail Fixation
of Pediatric Femoral Fractures. Methods: This comparative study was conducted at …

Femoral fractures in children are among the most common fractures of long bones. Various
methods of treatment exist based on age of the patient, pattern of the fracture and …

Flexible intramedullary devices such as Ender's nails are minimally invasive and biologically
friendly method of osteosynthesis for transverse, oblique, and short spiral diaphyseal …

Background: Ideally, fixation of paediatric diaphyseal fractures should produce an “internal
splint” that shares loads, maintains reduction until hard callus formation, and does not …