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

J Orthop Trauma

Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, The General Infirmary at Leeds, Leeds LS1 3EX, United Kingdom.

Published: November 2001

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.

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