title: Negative experiences with pins-in-plaster for femoral fractures.
abstract: Six healthy young men sustaining femoral shaft fractures in traffic accidents were treated in pins-in-plaster. Complications included pintract infection (3/6), shortening, angulation (1), malrotation (2). Recasting and rehospitalization was frequent. These adverse experiences with this method of treatment of femoral shaft fractures should discourage its further use.
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001858:Bone Nails; D002133:Calcium Sulfate; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications
chemical_list: D002133:Calcium Sulfate