Rotational control of various pediatric femur fractures stabilized with titanium elastic intramedullary nails
Gwyn DT;Olney BW;Dart BR;Czuwala PJ;;
journal of pediatric orthopedics1970Vol. 24pp. -
275
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Abstract
This study investigated the torsional stability of transverse, oblique, spiral, butterfly, and comminuted pediatric femur fractures reduced with titanium elastic nails. Twenty-five fractures were created in synthetic analog pediatric femora (five of each fracture type); each fracture was reduced wit …