{"title":"An Alternative Instrument for Making Entry Point for Elastic Intramedullary Nail.","authors":"G S Dharmshaktu, I Khan","doi":"10.4103/2141-9248.183938","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Femoral shaft fractures are common in children and are increasingly being treated with elastic intramedullary nail. We outline an instrument we have used successfully to make an entry point for placement of elastic nail.","PeriodicalId":8186,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research","volume":"6 3","pages":"198"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2016-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/4c/17/AMHSR-6-198.PMC4924497.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4103/2141-9248.183938","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Femoral shaft fractures are common in children and are increasingly being treated with elastic intramedullary nail. We outline an instrument we have used successfully to make an entry point for placement of elastic nail.