Open AccessRole of mini-invasive bridge plate in the complex femoral fracture in school going children: A prospective clinical study of 30 cases
Author(s) -
lakhani Amit,
Sushant Bhatnagar,
Gurdeep Singh,
Neha Gupta,
Eshita Sharma
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1210_20
Subject(s) - medicine , femoral fracture , femur , surgery , fracture (geology) , bone healing , complication , spiral (railway) , mathematical analysis , geotechnical engineering , mathematics , engineering
Pediatric femoral fracture including supracondylar and subtrochanteric fracture constitutes 1.6% of all paediatric fracture. Elastic nails remain the standard treatment of choice in a midshaft transverse femoral fracture in children weighing less than 45 kg. But in subtrochanteric and spiral femoral fracture, the failure rate of elastic nails are quite high. Hence, in accordance with AAOS guidelines, we treated complex femoral fracture in children with submuscular mini-invasive bridge plate because of its advantage of minimal incision, early union with proper alignment and lower failure.