Abstract
Seven year old female sustained a Salter-Harris II comminuted distal type IIIA open femoral fracture with associated bone loss. She was treated initially with locking plate internal fixation and converted to a circular external fixator because of an acute infection and loss of fixation.
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Wimberly, L., Cherkashin, A., Samchukov, M. (2015). Case 6: Open Femoral Fracture Treated with Internal Fixation Converted to Circular External Fixation due to Infection. In: Rozbruch, S., Hamdy, R. (eds) Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Surgery Case Atlas. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18023-6_76
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