TY - JOUR
T1 - Displaced hip fractures in children and adolescents
AU - Swiontkowski, Marc F.
AU - Winquist, Robert A.
PY - 1986/4
Y1 - 1986/4
N2 - The results of ten acute, displaced proximal femoral fractures in patients 14 years and under are reported. These high-risk fractures were managed with urgent open reduction and pin or screw fixation with supplemental spica casting. The exception to this protocol was in two Delbet’s type IV (intertrochanteric) fractures which were managed by closed reduction and spica casting. There was a case of partial avascular necrosis of the femoral head in a type I transepiphyseal fracture. At a minimum followup of 2 years the patients were asymptomatic with no significant limitation of hip motion.
AB - The results of ten acute, displaced proximal femoral fractures in patients 14 years and under are reported. These high-risk fractures were managed with urgent open reduction and pin or screw fixation with supplemental spica casting. The exception to this protocol was in two Delbet’s type IV (intertrochanteric) fractures which were managed by closed reduction and spica casting. There was a case of partial avascular necrosis of the femoral head in a type I transepiphyseal fracture. At a minimum followup of 2 years the patients were asymptomatic with no significant limitation of hip motion.
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U2 - 10.1097/00005373-198604000-00013
DO - 10.1097/00005373-198604000-00013
M3 - Article
C2 - 3959144
AN - SCOPUS:0022553344
SN - 0022-5282
VL - 26
SP - 384
EP - 388
JO - Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care
JF - Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care
IS - 4
ER -