Flexible intramedullary nails: the panacea for paediatric femoral shaft fractures
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Flexible intramedullary nails: the panacea for paediatric femoral shaft fractures
Not many years ago the use of traction and application of hip spica cast were standard treatments for all femoral shaft fractures in children. 2 However, the management of femoral shaft fractures in children above the age of five years has tilted more towards an operative option in the last two decades attributed to low incidence of malunion, short hospital stays, cost effectiveness and early a...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Research in Orthopaedics
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2455-4510
DOI: 10.18203/issn.2455-4510.intjresorthop20171596