BACKGROUND Traditionally conservative methods were used in managing paediatric femoral diaphyseal fractures. There has been a renewed interest for operative treatment with Titanium elastic nail system (TENS) in the age group of 6-14 years. MATERIALS AND METHODS This prospective study was done on 20 patients. Two titanium nails were used for stabilization. We followed them for maximum of two y...

Yellow nail syndrome (YNS) is characterized by yellowish nails, lymphedema, sinusitis, and pulmonary involvement and can be triggered by various underlying conditions, such as sinusitis or titanium exposure from an artificial joint or dental implant. Since YNS is potentially treatable, its timely diagnosis is important. The authors recently experienced a case of YNS in a patient who developed s...

The present study was conducted on six dogs, selected randomly irrespective of their age, sex and breed; diagnosed with tibial diaphyseal fracture. For the repair fracture tibia, Titanium elastic intramedullary nailing performed in all cases. Clinical, orthopaedic, radiographic haemato- biochemical examinations were pre-operatively, just after surgery, at 15th, 30th 60th post-operative days. Gr...

©2004 British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery doi:10.1302/0301-620X.86B7. 15273 $2.00 J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2004;86-B:947-53. Over the past few years there has been a marked increase in the use of intramedullary fixation in the management of fractures of long bones in children. To some extent this reflects a more interventionist attitude among paediatric orthopaedic surgeons but is...

BACKGROUND The treatment for length-unstable diaphyseal femur fractures among school-age children is commonly intramedullary elastic nails, with or without end caps. Another possible treatment is the semi-rigid pediatric locking nail (PLN). The purpose of this biomechanical study was to assess the stability of a length-unstable oblique midshaft fracture in a synthetic femur model stabilized wit...

Elastic stable intramedullary nailing (ESIN) is a minimally invasive technique. According to this technique, two elastic nails are introduced through the metaphysis into the medullary canal, advanced through the fracture site and impacted into the opposite metaphysis. These nails are preformed in a C-shaped manner, which allows for their precise orientation and the creation of an elastic system...

PURPOSE To demonstrate the effectiveness of intramedullary fixation of displaced long bones shaft fractures in skeletally immature children using the elastic stable intramedullary nails. PATIENTS AND METHODS The case records of 173 children who underwent fixation with titanium intramedulary nails because of long bones fractures were reviewed. The average age of the patients was 11.7 years, an...