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| Year : 2013 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 70-73 |
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Role of titanium elastic nailing in pediatric femoral shaft fractures
Ajit Saigal1, Alok C Agrawal2
1 D.L.W Railway Hospital, Mangalam Clinic and Trauma Center, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
2 Department of Orthopedics, NSCB Medical College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Ajit Saigal
D.L.W Railway Hospital, Mangalam Clinic and Trauma Center, Varanasi - 221 001, Uttar Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0975-7341.118745
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Background: Titanium elastic nailing has emerged as a treatment of choice for stabilization of paediatric diaphyseal femoral fractures. Materials and Methods: Between 2007 and 2012, we treated 18 fractures of the femur using closed titanium elastic nailing (TEN),in pediatric patients. This study was done as a retrospective study on 18 cases of fracture of the femoral diaphysis, operated between 2007 and 2010. An assessment of the available postoperative radiographs revealed 88.8% (16 of 18) of the fractures had nails, which formed a divergent C configuration; cortical contact by both nails was visible in 77.7% (14 of 18) and the nails crossed above and below the fracture site in 83.3% (15 of 18). Results: The final outcome was adjudged as excellent when there was anatomical or near anatomical alignment with no postoperative problems in 61.1% (11 of 18) of the patients, satisfactory when there was acceptable alignment and leg length, with resolution of postoperative problems in 22.2% (4 of 18) of the cases, and poor in the presence of unacceptable alignment or leg length, with unresolved postoperative problems in 16.6% (3 of 18) of the cases. Minor or major complications occurred in seven patients. Poor outcomes were due to limb length discrepancy> 2 cm in one1 patient (5.5%), rotational deformity in one patient (5.5%), and varus malunion in one patient (5.5%). Conclusion: We recommend TEN in pediatric patients. |
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