Background: Although the incidence of paediatric femoral shaft fractures is about 1.6%, it’s treatment controversial, especially in children age 6-12 years. Materials and Methods: This prospective observational study was performed at Sher E Bangla Medical College Hospital, Barishal, Bangladesh from January 2020 to December 2020, on 7 (n=7). There were limited number patients included due this a...

OBJECTIVE : To evaluate the results of displaced radial neck fractures in children trated surgically with flexible titanium intramedullary nails. METHOD : This is a retrospective study of five cases of radial neck fractures with displacement greater than 30° fixed with flexible intramedullary nails. Patients were evaluated regarding functional outcome through range of motion and the Mayo Elbo...

This prospective clinical study included 16 dogs presented with femur fracture, no dog more than 12 months of age and were randomly divided into two groups; Group 1 (n=9) treated stainless steel elastic nails 2 (n=7) titanium nails. Signalment (breed, age, gender, body weight) history (aetiology, duration fracture limb involved) recorded on the presentation patient, which was followed by radiog...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of intramedullary fixation using the Kirschner-wire (K-wire) compared to the titanium elastic nail (TEN) in pediatric femoral shaft fractures. METHODS A sample of 42 pediatric patients with a mean age of 6.55±2.42 years (range 4-11 years) presenting femoral shaft fractures underwent intramedullary fixation using the K-wire or TEN. RESULTS There was no...