Clinical and radiographic evaluation of femoral shaft fractures in a pediatric population treated with titanium elastic nails

Aim: The main goal of study is to evaluate the clinical, functional and radiographic results titanium elastic nail (TEN), which among most preferred methods in treatment pediatric femoral shaft fractures.
 Materials Methods: In this study, 33 patients, ages from 4 to14 years weighing less than 50 kg, who were diagnosed with fractures between January 2018 December 2019 operated on TEN method our clinic, evaluated retrospectively. demographic information injury mechanism, fracture pattern, duration surgery, union time, degree residual deformity coronal sagittal planes after union, nonunion rate, leg length discrepancy postoperative weight-bearing times examined.
 Results: Femoral seen 2.3 more often boys girls. Patients are injured as a result high-energy trauma such traffic accidents falls height. According measurements, mean 3.23 ± 2.46 degrees plane 4.56 3.78 was measured 1.36 0.85 cm found two legs. Radiographic time calculated 10.41 3.55 weeks average.
 Conclusion: If applied right indication technique, extremely important successful patients younger 15 old kg.