title: Complications of Küntscher intramedullary nailing in a child: a case report.
abstract: A fracture of the femur in a 7-year-old boy who was treated with retrograde Küntscher nailing is described. The follow-up period was 8 1/2 years. Deep infection, physeal injury of the femoral head, and trochanteric epiphysiodesis were serious consequences of the surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Benha Faculty of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Hosny
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Moens
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fabry
mesh_terms: D001858:Bone Nails; D002648:Child; D003646:Debridement; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005269:Femur / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018579:Patient Selection; D011859:Radiography; D000072042:Salter-Harris Fractures; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery