Treatment of femoral shaft fractures in young children: Comparison between conservative treatment and retrograde flexible nailing

Hae Ryong Song; Chang Wug Oh; Hyun Dae Shin; Sung Jung Kim; Hee Soo Kyung; Seung Hoon Baek; Byung Chul Park; Joo Chul Ihn

doi:10.1097/01.bpb.0000111023.13276.43

Treatment of femoral shaft fractures in young children: Comparison between conservative treatment and retrograde flexible nailing

Hae Ryong Song, Chang Wug Oh, Hyun Dae Shin, Sung Jung Kim, Hee Soo Kyung, Seung Hoon Baek, Byung Chul Park, Joo Chul Ihn

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Abstract

Outcomes of pediatric femoral fractures treated with traction followed by cast (conservative treatment) were compared with flexible nailing treatment. Fifty-one femoral fractures (24 conservative, 27 nail) from 46 patients were studied retrospectively. Four cases of angular deformities greater than 10° were observed from the conservative treatment and none from the nailing group. Conservative treatment showed a wider variance of leg length discrepancy (LLD) and four cases showed severe LLD greater than 10 mm. The nailing group had no discrepancy. Retrograde flexible nailing may result in more reliable outcomes than conservative treatment for femoral fractures.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	275-280
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B
Volume	13
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/01.bpb.0000111023.13276.43
State	Published - Jul 2004

Keywords

Cast
Femoral shaft fracture
Retrograde flexible nailing
Young children

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