• Nirmal Raj Gopinathan, Saurabh Agarwal, Rohit Kansal, and Karthick Rangasamy.
• Department of Orthopaedics, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India. Electronic address: dr.nirmalraj78@gmail.com.
• Injury. 2021 Apr 1; 52 (4): 1095-1099.

AbstractThe surgical management of paediatric femur fractures has evolved over the last few decades. Intramedullary stabilization with titanium elastic nail (TENS) is the preferred surgical management for length stable and mid diaphyseal femur fractures in children between 5-11 years of age. However, TENS is not preferred in length unstable fractures and in proximal or distal metaphyseal femur fractures due to higher incidence of angulation and shortening at fracture site. In such scenarios, submuscular plating has come up as an alternative surgical treatment modality which avoids these complications and provide good functional outcome. Many authors have suggested different surgical variations in techniques of submuscular plating for paediatric femur fracture. We have devised a technique of submuscular plating with help of external fixator (FAST) in paediatric femur fractures which minimises the surgical time and simplifies the procedure.Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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