Intramedullary nailing of femoral shaft fractures in children via the trochanter tip.
2000
Closed rigid intramedullary nailing of femoral shaft fractures in children has been associated with avascular necrosis of the femoral head. Avascular necrosis of the femoral head is thought to result from damage to the medial femoral circumflex artery by placing the nail through the piriformis fossa
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