title: Complications of Elastic Stable Intramedullary Nailing for treating paediatric long bone fractures.
abstract: This study reports the complications observed in children with long bone fractures treated using Elastic Stable Intramedullary Nailing (ESIN). One hundred and sixty-four (n = 164) fractures in 160 patients under the age of 16 years formed the basis of our review. This included 108 boys and 52 girls with the median age of 11 years and median follow up of 7.5 months. The analysis included fractures of the radius/ulna, humerus, femur and tibia. All pathological fractures were excluded. In this series 54 patients (34%) had complications however majority of these were minor complications with irritation due to prominent nail ends being the commonest complication. No long-term sequelae were encountered in our patients.
authors.affiliation: Specialist Registrar, Sheffield Children's Hospital, Western Bank, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Aamer
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nisar
authors.affiliation: Specialist Registrar, Sheffield Children's Hospital, Western Bank, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Abhijit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhosale
authors.affiliation: Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Sheffield Children's Hospital, Western Bank, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Sanjeev S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Madan
authors.affiliation: Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Sheffield Children's Hospital, Western Bank, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Flowers
authors.affiliation: Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Sheffield Children's Hospital, Western Bank, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: James A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.affiliation: Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Sheffield Children's Hospital, Western Bank, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Stanley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jones
keywords: Complications; Elastic Intramedullary Nailing; Paediatric fractures