Complications of paediatric femoral nailing
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Flexible intramedullary nailing versus external fixation of paediatric femoral fractures.
Treatment outcomes were compared in two groups of children with femoral diaphyseal fractures which were treated with external fixation (20 fractures) or flexible intramedullary nailing (20 fractures). These 40 children were between 5.4 to 14.1 years of age. The duration of the operation averaged 52 minutes for the external fixator compared with 70 minutes for the flexible nail group. The time t...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0301-620X,2044-5377
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.77b4.7615625