title: Tibial nails for femoral shaft fractures in large adolescents with open femoral physes.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA. charles.mehlman@cchmc.org
authors.forename: Charles T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Mehlman
authors.forename: Shariff K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Bishai
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D001858:Bone Nails; D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005271:Femur Head Necrosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*