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  • Title: Complications of Küntscher intramedullary nailing in a child: a case report.
    Author: Hosny GA, Moens P, Fabry G.
    Journal: J Pediatr Orthop B; 1999 Apr; 8(2):100-2. PubMed ID: 10218169.
    Abstract:
    A fracture of the femur in a 7-year-old boy who was treated with retrograde Küntscher nailing is described. The follow-up period was 8 1/2 years. Deep infection, physeal injury of the femoral head, and trochanteric epiphysiodesis were serious consequences of the surgery.
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