title: Management of Femoral Shaft Fracture in Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome with External Fixator.
abstract: Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome (KTS) is a rare complex malformation characterized by the clinical triad of capillary malformations, soft tissue and bone hypertrophy, and venous/lymphatic malformation. Fractures of long bones in such cases are challenging to treat. A 12-year-old female with this syndrome presented with femoral shaft fracture of right thigh. She was initially kept on skeletal traction for two weeks and then she underwent closed reduction and immobilization with external fixator with uneventful intraoperative and postoperative period. Fracture united at four and half months.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Trauma, Nobel Medical College Teaching Hospital (NMCTH), Kanchanbari, Biratnagar - 5, Morang, Nepal.
authors.forename: Yogendra
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Trauma, Nobel Medical College Teaching Hospital (NMCTH), Kanchanbari, Biratnagar - 5, Morang, Nepal.
authors.forename: Ranjib Kumar
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Jha
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Trauma, Nobel Medical College Teaching Hospital (NMCTH), Kanchanbari, Biratnagar - 5, Morang, Nepal.
authors.forename: Navin Kumar
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Karn
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Trauma, Nobel Medical College Teaching Hospital (NMCTH), Kanchanbari, Biratnagar - 5, Morang, Nepal.
authors.forename: Sanjaya Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Sah
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Trauma, Nobel Medical College Teaching Hospital (NMCTH), Kanchanbari, Biratnagar - 5, Morang, Nepal.
authors.forename: Bibhuti Nath
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Nobel Medical College Teaching Hospital and Research Centre, Biratnagar, Nepal.
authors.forename: Manoj Kumar
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Bhattarai