TY - JOUR
T1 - Adolescent femoral diaphyseal fracture nonunion
AU - Kelly, Brian A.
AU - Shore, Benjamin J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.
PY - 2015/9/12
Y1 - 2015/9/12
N2 - Femoral diaphyseal fractures comprise approximately 1.4-1.7% of all pediatric fractures and are the most common pediatric orthopaedic injury requiring hospitalization. Over the last 2 decades there has been a shift from conservative treatment in children to options of external fixation, submuscular plating, rigid locked intramedullary nailing, and flexible elastic nailing, the latter of which has emerged as a treatment of choice. Titanium elastic intramedullary nailing is minimally invasive, provides adequate stability, has good reported outcomes, and low rates of complications. However, nonunion, although rare, can occur. This paper examines the complication of the rare nonunion after titanium elastic intramedullary nailing of a femoral diaphyseal fracture, using a case illustration.
AB - Femoral diaphyseal fractures comprise approximately 1.4-1.7% of all pediatric fractures and are the most common pediatric orthopaedic injury requiring hospitalization. Over the last 2 decades there has been a shift from conservative treatment in children to options of external fixation, submuscular plating, rigid locked intramedullary nailing, and flexible elastic nailing, the latter of which has emerged as a treatment of choice. Titanium elastic intramedullary nailing is minimally invasive, provides adequate stability, has good reported outcomes, and low rates of complications. However, nonunion, although rare, can occur. This paper examines the complication of the rare nonunion after titanium elastic intramedullary nailing of a femoral diaphyseal fracture, using a case illustration.
KW - diaphyseal fracture
KW - femur
KW - nonunion
KW - titanium elastic intramedullary nail
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84941567002&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/BCO.0000000000000286
DO - 10.1097/BCO.0000000000000286
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84941567002
SN - 1940-7041
VL - 26
SP - 481
EP - 486
JO - Current Orthopaedic Practice
JF - Current Orthopaedic Practice
IS - 5
ER -