Assessment of Results of Treatment of Paediatric Femoral Diaphyseal Fractures with Titanium Elastic Nails
Journal Title: International Journal of Contemporary Medicine surgery and Radiology - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction: Femoral fractures are among the most common fractures of long bones. The management of pediatric femur fractures depends basically on the age group of the child although the age of bone and size of the child also determines the treatment choice. The choice of management may also be determined by surgical experience and local trends in practice. Study aimed to assess the results of treatment of paediatric femoral diaphyseal fractures with titanium elastic nails. Material and methods: The study was performed Medical institute. A total of 22 patients with closed shaft femur fractures and age ranging between 5-16 years scheduled to undergo treatment with titanium elastic nails were selected for the study. Children with open fractures, outside this age group with concomitant head injury, bilateral femur fracture or associated fracture of either limb whose fixation was done after 7 days were excluded from the study. No control group was used. They were treated by retrograde TENS fixation using two nails of equal diameter for each fracture. Pre-operative evaluation includes full length radiograph of the fractured femur both antero–posterior (A–P) and lateral views. Results: In the present study, 22 patients with closed shaft femur fractures were treated with titanium elastic nails. The mean age of the patient was 13.23 years. We observed that in regards to fracture location, proximal fracture was seen in 5 patients, midshaft fracture in 14 patients and distal fracture in 3 patients. However, in regards to pattern of location, transverse fracture was seen in 6 patients, oblique fracture in 8 patients, spiral fracture in 5 patients and comminuted fracture in 3 patients. Conclusion: From this study we can conclude that Intramedullary nailing of the pediatric femoral diaphyseal fractures using titanium elastic nail is an effective surgical modality, with advantages of minimal incisional scar, minima
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Devesh Bandil, Megha Gupta Bandil
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- EP ID EP424471
- DOI 10.21276/ijcmsr.2018.3.2.29
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