UNIGE document Scientific Article
previous document  unige:74616  next document
add to browser collection
Title

One hundred pediatric femoral fractures: epidemiology, treatment attitudes, and early complications
Authors
Buess, E
Kaelin, André
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
Full text
Article (Published version) (4.5 MB) - document accessible for UNIGE members only Limited access to UNIGE
Structures
Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de pédiatrie, gynécologie et obstétrique
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. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:74616

214 hits

0 download

Contact an author

Update request

Update

Deposited on : 2015-08-10

Export document
Format :
Citation style :