Abstract

Background: The incidence of paediatric long bone shaft fractures have been increased drastically owing to increase in no. of Road Trafc Accidents. Flexible Titanium nails are simple, effective, minimal invasive method of xation, Early ambulation, preservation of fracture hematoma & having a physis sparing entry with cosmetic benet. A Prospecti Materials & Methods: ve Interventional Study was conducted with 124 paediatric patients with various long bone fractures who got admitted from Trauma Care Unit of Government Medical College & General Hospital, Srikakulam, from July 2020 to November 2022. Out of 124 patients, 75 both bone fracture Results: forearm,19 cases were femur fractures, 17 cases were tibia fractures and 13 cases were humerus fractures. In our surgery, we took Flynn criteria [2] found 88%(109) patient had excellent to good, 12.0(15)% had fair. Titanium elastic nailing (TENS) is an ef Conclusion: fective & ideal method of treatment in unstable paediatric long bone diaphyseal fractures

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