title: Early pin failure following external femoral fracture fixation in a head-injured child.
abstract: External fixation facilitates nursing care and early rehabilitation of head-injured children with femoral shaft fractures. We report an unusual complication of early fatigue failure of the external fixator pins without the patient ever bearing weight.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, The General Infirmary at Leeds, Leeds LS1 3EX, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Hayden
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wynn-Jones
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Oxborrow
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Templeton
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D001858:Bone Nails / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D016267:External Fixators / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation; D013997:Time Factors