The management of femoral shaft fractures in children is largely directed by the age and
built of the child. There is wide consensus on the non operative treatment of children less …

Background Femoral fracture in adolescents is a significant injury. It is generally agreed that
operative fixation is the treatment of choice, and rigid intramedullary nail fixation is a …

Background: Debate exists over the safety of rigid intramedullary nailing of femoral shaft
fractures in skeletally immature patients. The goal of this study was to describe functional …

Objective To compare clinical outcome and callus biomechanical properties of a novel angle
stable interlocking nail (AS‐ILN) and a 6 mm bolted standard ILN (ILN6b) in a canine tibial …

Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Die Behandlung der Oberschenkelschaftfrakturen ist
zunehmend eine Domäne der operativen Therapie geworden. Zum einen liegt eine …

The aim of this work was to evaluate the results of rigid nailing of pediatric femoral shaft
fractures inserted antegrade through the tip of the greater trochanter. Twenty-three femoral …

Nachdem in der Vergangenheit die konservative Therapie im Vordergrund der Behandlung
von Schaftfrakturen der langen Röhrenknochen stand, werden nicht zuletzt durch die …

Aims: The purpose of this thesis is to describe trends in the epidemiology and treatment of
femur shaft fractures in children, to identify risk factors for femur shaft fractures and to …

Femoral shaft fractures are the most common major paediatric injuries managed by the
orthopaedic surgeon. 9 They account for between 1.4 and 1.7% of all fractures seen in this …