Complications of Küntscher intramedullary nailing in a child: a case report.
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Abstract
A fracture of the femur in a 7-year-old boy who was treated with retrograde Küntscher nailing is described. The follow-up period was 8 1/2 years. Deep infection, physeal injury of the femoral head, and trochanteric epiphysiodesis were serious consequences of the surgery.
Medical subject headings
- Escherichia coli Infections
- Femoral Fractures
- Femur
- Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary
- Salter-Harris Fractures
- Surgical Wound Infection
Anatomy
- femur