title: Sclerosing osteomyelitis as a complication of pediatric femur fracture fixation.
abstract: Complications of flexible nailing of pediatric femur fractures include angular and rotational malunions, leg-length discrepancy, and, in rare instances, infection. To our knowledge, the development of a sclerosing type of chronic osteomyelitis, which appears most similar to chronic sclerosing osteomyelitis of Garre', has not been reported as a complication of, or associated with, flexible nail fixation of a pediatric femur fracture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: James F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Mooney
mesh_terms: D001858:Bone Nails / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000209:etiology*; D012598:Sclerosis