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Abstract
The aim of our study is to evaluate the results of Percutaneous plating in the treatment of diaphyseal femoral shaft fractures in children The work is based on a prospective study of 19 cases with 21 displaced diaphyseal femoral fractures ranging in age from 8 to 14 years with a mean age of 9.8 years treated by percutaneous plating. Percutaneous plating of femoral shaft fractures in children was primarily indicated in all children > 10 years of age and in comminuted fractures, children with head injury and other associated injuries and secondarily after failure of conservative treatment and in children for who there are overriding psychological, educational or economic factors that make conservative treatment unacceptable to the patient<U+2019>s parents. At a mean followup of 12 months the results were acceptable in (100%) and no case with unacceptable result was found. Complications include, Malunion over 5(R@ (Bin one cases (4.8%), limitation of knee movements after3 months in one case (4.8%).one case of superficial wound infection. No case was complicated by delayed union, nonunion, breakage or bending or failure of plate.