Sclerosing osteomyelitis as a complication of pediatric femur fracture fixation.
case_report · Level V
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Bone Nails
- Femoral Fractures
- Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary
- Osteomyelitis
Anatomy
- femur