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Case Reports
Early pin failure following external femoral fracture fixation in a head-injured child.
- J D Hayden, H Wynn-Jones, N J Oxborrow, and P A Templeton.
- Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, The General Infirmary at Leeds, Leeds LS1 3EX, United Kingdom.
- J Orthop Trauma. 2001 Nov 1;15(8):572-4.
AbstractExternal 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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