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One hundred pediatric femoral fractures: epidemiology, treatment attitudes, and early complications |
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Published in | Journal of pediatric orthopedics. Part B. 1998, vol. 7, no. 3, p. 186-92 | |
Abstract | Analysis of 100 consecutive femoral fractures admitted to our institution revealed an incidence of about 1 fracture per 2,000 children per year. Epidemiologic data may help to promote prevention. Initial treatment was performed by many doctors, thus rendering guidelines to safe and cost-effective management indispensable. In the last decade, growing concern to reduce hospital stays and costs led to new approaches that replaced traction as a therapeutic principle. Today, we consider immediate spica casting a good option for the group 0-5 years old, whereas in the age group 5-12 years old elastic stable intramedullary nailing (ESIN) produces reliably good results. Minor complications were common and could be avoided partially, but they did not affect the good final outcome. | |
Keywords | Adolescent — Age Distribution — Casts, Surgical — Child — Child, Preschool — Female — Femoral Fractures/complications/epidemiology/radiography/therapy — Fracture Fixation, Internal/adverse effects/methods — Fracture Healing/physiology — Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice — Humans — Incidence — Infant — Length of Stay — Male — Sex Distribution — Switzerland/epidemiology — Treatment Outcome | |
Identifiers | PMID: 9702667 | |
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Citation (ISO format) | BUESS, E, KAELIN, André. One hundred pediatric femoral fractures: epidemiology, treatment attitudes, and early complications. In: Journal of pediatric orthopedics. Part B, 1998, vol. 7, n° 3, p. 186-92. doi: 10.1097/01202412-199807000-00002 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:74616 |