Early pin failure following external femoral fracture fixation in a head-injured child

J Orthop Trauma. 2001 Nov;15(8):572-4. doi: 10.1097/00005131-200111000-00008.

Abstract

External fixation facilitates nursing care and early rehabilitation of head-injured children with femoral shaft fractures. We report an unusual complication of early fatigue failure of the external fixator pins without the patient ever bearing weight.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Traffic
  • Bone Nails / adverse effects*
  • Child
  • Craniocerebral Trauma / complications
  • Craniocerebral Trauma / diagnosis*
  • Equipment Failure
  • External Fixators / adverse effects*
  • Femoral Fractures / diagnostic imaging
  • Femoral Fractures / surgery*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Fracture Fixation / instrumentation*
  • Fracture Fixation / methods
  • Fracture Healing / physiology
  • Humans
  • Injury Severity Score
  • Male
  • Multiple Trauma / diagnosis
  • Radiography
  • Reoperation
  • Time Factors