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UNSTABLE FEMORAL FRACTURES TREATED WITH TITANIUM ELASTIC INTRAMEDULLARY NAILS, IN CHILDREN
Jamil Faissal Soni1, Gisele Schelle2, Weverley Valenza2
1Head of the Pediatric Orthopedics Group, Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic, Cajuru University Hospital, Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUC-PR), and Workers' Hospital, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, PR, Brazil; Adjunct Professor of Orthopedics, PUC-PR, Curitiba, PR, Brazil; MSc and PhD in Orthopedics, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Objective:
To evaluate the indications, epidemiology, associated lesions, complications and prognosis among children with unstable femoral diaphysis fractures who were treated with titanium elastic intramedullary nails.
Method:
This was a retrospective analysis on 24 patients aged 5-12 years with unstable femoral diaphysis fractures who underwent surgical treatment with elastic titanium intramedullary nails at the Cajuru University Hospital, Curitiba-PR, between April 2002 and March 2008, with a minimum follow-up of 36 months. The epidemiological data, angular deviations, leg shortening and bone consolidation were evaluated.
Results:
The medical files of 113 cases operated between April 2002 and March 2008 were reassessed. From these, 24 cases of unstable femoral diaphysis fractures treated with elastic titanium intramedullary nails with retrograde insertion were included in the study. There were two bilateral fractures and two exposed fractures. Seven patients were female and 17 were male, and the mean age was 8.3 years. The following were presented at the end of the study: shortening, varus or valgus displacement, final retrocurvatum or antecurvatum of zero, and absence of delayed consolidation or pseudarthrosis.
Conclusions:
The elastic titanium intramedullary nails were easily placed and removed. We believe that using elastic titanium intramedullary nails is a good option for fixation of unstable femoral fractures in children.
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