Debate: a healthy 12-year-old boy with an isolated mid-diaphyseal femur fracture should be treated with an antegrade, locked, intramedullary rod.
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Neil
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Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
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Merv
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Stanitski
Carl L
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Stanitski
Carl L
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D001858:Bone Nails; D002648:Child; D000075202:Contraindications; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications