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Traditional internal fixations such as plates and elastic intramedullary nails carry high complication rates. Although extendable intramedullary nails represent the gold standard for children with OI, they show insufficient stability in adolescent patients with large medullary cavities and severe osteoporosis. Adolescent Locked Femoral Nail (ALFN) is a fixation system designed for adolescents, but its specific efficacy in recurrent femoral fractures in adolescent OI patients has been rarely reported.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Case presentation<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A 13-year-old male patient with a confirmed COL1A1 pathogenic variant (Sillence type III OI) experienced four left femoral fractures within 5 years. The first two fractures were treated with plate fixation at a local primary hospital and both resulted in postoperative refracture; the third fracture was managed with plate fixation in our hospital, which also ended in refracture.For the fourth fracture, closed reduction and titanium alloy ALFN fixation were performed, combined with intravenous zoledronic acid infusion. At the 3-year follow-up, the fracture healed uneventfully without refracture; the lower limb alignment was normal, with a 0.5\u2005cm limb-length discrepancy and satisfactory knee function.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>ALFN provides central, stable intramedullary fixation, preserves bone blood supply, and matches the anatomical features of the adolescent femur. Combined with anti-osteoporotic medication, ALFN may serve as a valuable option for selected adolescent OI patients with recurrent fractures, wide medullary canals, or failure of previous fixation methods to reduce refracture risk. For adolescents with unexplained recurrent fractures, early genetic testing and individualized surgical planning are critical to improve clinical outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fsurg.2026.1849303","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,21]],"date-time":"2026-07-21T05:34:12Z","timestamp":1784612052000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Adolescent locked femoral nail for recurrent femoral fractures in children with osteogenesis Imperfecta: a case report and literature review"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Wenrong","family":"Yang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedics, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine","place":["Chuxiong, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jincai","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedics, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine","place":["Chuxiong, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhijun","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedics, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine","place":["Chuxiong, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jianbin","family":"Dong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedics, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine","place":["Chuxiong, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhicheng","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedics, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine","place":["Chuxiong, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Taotao","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedics, Kunming Children\u2019s Hospital","place":["Kunming, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dan","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedics, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine","place":["Chuxiong, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"464","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina57050464","article-title":"Current overview of osteogenesis Imperfecta","volume":"57","author":"Deguchi","year":"2021","journal-title":"Medicina (Kaunas)"},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1338","DOI":"10.3390\/bioengineering10121338","article-title":"In Vivo assessment of skin surface pattern: exploring its potential as an indicator of bone biomechanical properties","volume":"10","author":"Aur\u00e9gan","year":"2023","journal-title":"Bioengineering (Basel)"},{"key":"B3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"154","DOI":"10.1007\/s11914-022-00759-2","article-title":"Disorganization and musculoskeletal diseases: novel insights into the Enigma of unexplained bone abnormalities and fragility fractures","volume":"21","author":"Zebaze","year":"2023","journal-title":"Curr Osteoporos Rep"},{"key":"B4","first-page":"15","article-title":"Treatment of pathological femoral shaft fracture in a child with osteogenesis imperfecta using expandable intramedullary nail: a case report[J]","volume":"24","author":"Zhang","year":"2022","journal-title":"Great Health"},{"key":"B5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1454192","DOI":"10.3389\/fsurg.2025.1454192","article-title":"Extendable intramedullary nailing in a child with osteogenesis imperfecta of bilateral femoral fractures: a case report","volume":"12","author":"Zhang","year":"2026","journal-title":"Front Surg"},{"key":"B6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"110","DOI":"10.1186\/s12891-023-06222-2","article-title":"Which is the best femoral implant in children with osteogenesis imperfecta? 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