Philadelphia, PA - Children with a fractured femur have traditionally been treated with weeks of traction and a body cast, but over the past few years, titanium elastic nails have become a relatively ...

Forearm fractures are a common injury in children and adolescents. When operative treatment is needed, intramedullary nailing with elastic titanium nail (ESIN) is the most common surgical procedure.

Intramedullary nailing treats pediatric tibial fractures more effectively than external fixation, a retrospective study shows. Erik N. Kubiak, MD, and colleagues at the New York University Hospital ...

Patients with midshaft clavicular fractures who underwent fixation experienced similar functional results, time to union, levels of postoperative pain and patient satisfaction rates with either ...

Forearm fractures are a common injury in children and adolescents. When operative treatment is needed, intramedullary nailing with elastic titanium nail (ESIN) is the most common surgical procedure.