Long leg splinting for pediatric femur fractures.
case_control · Level III
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.jor.2018.08.043 and PMC identifier 6138991.
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Abstract
Pediatric femur fractures are frequently encountered injuries frequently treated with spica casting. Spica casting may, however, be expensive and burdensome to patients. A possible alternative is a long leg splint. Patients aged 6 months to 5 years old who were treated for a femoral shaft fracture with a long leg splint extending above the waist were matched with a patient treated with a spica cast. At the time of healing, the alignment in the spica cast group was only significantly better than the alignment of the splint group with respect to coronal angulation.
Anatomy
- femur