DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2016.v04i02.045

Pages: 546-548

The present retrospective study was undertaken to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of elastic nailing as treatment option for paediatric femur fracture below 12 year age with regard to mechanism of injury, fracture pattern, intra- operative complications, closed or open reduction, hospital stay and clinical and radiological union. 25 patients up to 12 years of age with a fracture of the diaphysis of femur who had been treated with the intramedullary elastic nails admitted in Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences And Research Bathinda were studied from July 2012 to June 2014. All had been followed up until the fracture had healed or the nails removed. A performa was completed for each patient using information from the central registration records, and by reviewing imaging studies. Internal fixation with elastic nails provide better results and is much safe and effective, at least in the short term than conservative treatment methods.