title: Flexible intramedullary nailing as fracture treatment in children.
abstract: To correct angulation and to avoid plaster immobilization in diaphyseal fractures in childhood, intramedullary nailing with flexible titanium pins is an easy and safe method. Under radiographic control, fractures of femur, tibia, and humerus are stabilized with two crossing pins. Forearm fractures are splinted with a single pin each in the radius and the ulna. Even displaced fractures of the radial neck can be corrected with a distally introduced titanium pin. This method is safe in elective trauma surgery and will especially be useful in polytraumatized children in whom multiple fractures should be stabilized with minimal x-ray exposure in a short time.
authors.affiliation: University of Cologne, Department of Trauma-, Hand-, and Reconstructive Surgery, Germany.
authors.forename: R I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Huber
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Keller
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Huber
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Rehm
mesh_terms: D001858:Bone Nails; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000502:physiology; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D011859:Radiography; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000601:surgery