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The mean age of the patients was 8.0 years (range, 4.0\u201316.0 years).<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Intervention:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>All children were treated by retrograde ESIN.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Main Outcome Measures:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Fractures were categorized as either length stable or unstable. Length stability and complications were assessed. A subset of patients with final full-length, standing x-rays was also evaluated.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>We analyzed 63 stable and 43 length unstable fractures. The mean age and weight of the patients with stable and unstable fractures were similar. There was no difference in complication rates between groups (\u03c7<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>(1) = 0.00, <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic> = 0.99). There was no difference (t(96.93) = 0.53, <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic> = 0.59) in femoral shaft length change. Leg length discrepancies as assessed by full-length standing radiographs at follow-up were similar (\u03c7<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>(2) = 1.52, <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic> = 0.47).<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Preadolescent children younger than 10 years do not experience increased complications after ESIN of length unstable femur fractures [odds ratio (OR) = 1.68 (0.18\u201316.87), <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic> = 0.65]. Length unstable femur fractures are not at increased risk of more complications [OR = 0.90 (0.26\u20132.92), <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic> = 0.87], early femoral shortening [OR = (0.42\u20132.02), <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic> = 0.85], or leg length discrepancy [OR = (0.13\u20131.56), <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic> = 0.21] when treated with ESIN.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Level of Evidence:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Prognostic Level III. 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