Retention of flexible intramedullary nails following treatment of pediatric femur fractures
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Use of flexible intramedullary nails in pediatric femur fractures.
Flexible intramedullary nails are now routinely used for stabilization of pediatric femur fractures. Few data are available regarding patients' postoperative range of motion, weight-bearing status, activity levels, use of immobilization, and radiographic leg length discrepancy measured via routine scanograms. Patients who underwent placement of flexible intramedullary nails for a pediatric femu...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0936-8051,1434-3916
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-007-0286-y