title: Debate: a healthy 12-year-old boy with an isolated mid-diaphyseal femur fracture should be treated with an antegrade, locked, intramedullary rod.
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Merv
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Letts
authors.forename: Carl L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Stanitski
authors.forename: Carl L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Stanitski
mesh_terms: 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