Treatment of femoral fracture in the child with head injury.
J Bone Joint Surg Br
; 65(3): 276-8, 1983 May.
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ABSTRACT
The outcome of various types of treatment for femoral fracture in children with head injury was studied retrospectively in 51 patients with 56 fractures. Of these, 36 patients (71 per cent) were in deep coma and scored 5 to 7 on the Glasgow scale. Forty-three children (84 per cent) were eventually able to walk freely. Open reduction and internal fixation proved an attractive solution for femoral fractures in children with head injury who could tolerate general anaesthesia intramedullary nailing was safe and gave satisfactory results in 16 fractures but infection complicated three of the five fractures which were plated.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Fraturas do Fêmur
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Traumatismos Craniocerebrais
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Bone Joint Surg Br
Ano de publicação:
1983
Tipo de documento:
Article