PURPOSE To explore the possible surgical factors related with nonunion in femoral shaft fracture following intramedullary nailing. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed totally 425 patients with femoral shaft fracture in level I urban trauma center, including 254 males and 171 females, with an average age of 37.6 (ranging from 21 to 56) years old. The inclusion criteria included: (1) traumatica...

PURPOSE To evaluate treatment outcomes after intramedullary nailing using Ender nails for diaphyseal forearm fractures. METHODS 11 male and 9 female patients aged 6 to 15 (mean, 12) years underwent intramedullary nailing using Ender nails plus cast immobilisation for fractures of both the radius and ulna after conservative treatment had failed. RESULTS After a mean follow-up of 24 (range, 1...

We report two cases with windswept deformities of the lower extremities. All deformities were corrected by fixator-assisted intramedullary nailing. At the latest follow-up, the patients had normal alignment, without symptoms and no loss of correction.

We report the outcome of 19 children aged 5.2 to 13.2 years with 20 fractures of the femoral shaft requiring surgery, who were randomly assigned to have external fixation (EF) or flexible intramedullary nailing (FIN) (10 fractures each). The duration of the operation averaged 56 minutes for the EF group with 1.4 minutes of fluoroscopy, compared with 74 minutes and 2.6 minutes, respectively, for...

Background: Tibial fractures are the most common long bone fractures, while distal tibial even more complicated due to their proximity ankle and close relationship with thin,Objectives: To assess compare fractures' functional outcomes in Group A versus B. efficacy, advantages, disadvantages of treatment modalities complications. Materials Methods: This is a comparative study done from October 2...

Segmental long bone defects resulting from high-energy trauma with severe soft tissue loss are difficult problems to manage. Amputation was for a long time the primary mainstay of treatment. This is the report on a 15-year-old male patient who sustained a third-degree open, traumatic fracture with partial amputation of the left distal femur and extensive bone loss of 26 cm. Successful limb salv...