Flexible Intramedullary Nailing in Children

Part I. General Considerations

1. Introduction
Pierre Lascombes

2. Experimental Studies
Dimitri Popkov, Pierre Lascombes

3. Biomechanics of FIN
Jean-Noël Ligier

4. Stainless Steel or Titanium?
Jean-Michel Clavert, Philippe Gicquel, Marie-Christine Giacomelli

5. Surgical Technique: Basic Principles
Pierre Lascombes, Jean-Damien Métaizeau

6. FIN Without Image Intensification
Pierre Lascombes

7. Hardware Removal
Pierre Lascombes

8. Pediatric Anesthesia and Postoperative Pain Management
Anne Terrier

9. FIN and Imaging
Laurence Mainard-Simard, Alain Noel, Luc Guillaume, Michel Claudon

10. Rehabilitation After FIN
Claude Gavillot, Francine Rumeau

11. Professional Caregivers' Perspective
Marie-Christine Mirouf

Part II. General Considerations

12. Fracture of the Proximal Humerus
Pierre Journeau, Pierre Lascombes

13. Humeral Shaft Fracture
Pierre Journeau

14. Supracondylar Humeral Fracture
Pierre Journeau, Fabrizio Annocaro

15. Radial Neck Fracture
Pierre Journeau, Nicolas Moh-Ello

16. Both-Bone Forearm Fracture
Pierre Lascombes, Thierry Haumont

17. Metacarpal and Phalangeal Fractures
Stéphane Barbary, Gilles Dautel

18. Femoral Fracture
Pierre Lascombes, Jean-Damien Métaizeau

19. Tibial Fracture
Pierre Lascombes

20. Ipsilateral Long Bone Fractures and Polytrauma
Pierre Lascombes

Part III. Other Indications

21. FIN and Bone Weakness
Jean-Marc Laville

22. FIN in Ilizarov Bone Lengthening
Dimitri Popkov

23. Use of FIN for Correction of Deformities in Children with Familial Hypophosphatemic Rickets
Dimitri Popkov

24. FIN and Osteotomies
Tim Theologis, James Hui, Pierre Lascombes

25. Conclusion
Pierre Lascombes

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Surgical Orthopedics, Traumatic Surgery