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Aim: The main goal of study is to evaluate the clinical, functional and radiographic results of titanium elastic nail (TEN), which is among the most preferred methods in the treatment of pediatric femoral shaft fractures. Materials and Methods: In this study, 33 patients, the ages of from 4 to14 years and weighing less than 50 kg, who were diagnosed with femoral shaft fractures between January 2018 and December 2019 and operated on with the TEN method in our clinic, were evaluated retrospectively. The demographic information of the patients, injury mechanism, fracture pattern, duration of surgery, radiographic union time, degree of residual deformity in the coronal and sagittal planes after union, nonunion rate, leg length discrepancy and postoperative weight-bearing times were examined. Results: Femoral shaft fractures were seen 2.3 times more often in boys than in girls. Patients are often injured as a result of high-energy trauma such as traffic accidents and falls from a height. According to radiographic measurements, mean residual deformity of 3.23 ± 2.46 degrees in the coronal plane and 4.56 ± 3.78 degrees in the sagittal plane was measured and a mean discrepancy of 1.36 ± 0.85 cm was found between the two legs. Radiographic union time was calculated as 10.41 ± 3.55 weeks on average. Conclusion: If applied with the right indication and the right technique, the TEN method is extremely important and successful in the treatment of femoral shaft fractures in pediatric patients younger than 15 years old and weighing less than 50 kg.

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