Dilemma for Fracture Fixation of Paediatric Ipsilateral Neck with Shaft Femur Fracture.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ipsilateral femoral neck with shaft fracture (IFNSF) in the paediatric population is a rare injury. This high-impact trauma is often associated with other orthopaedic and systemic injuries. Prognosis is usually guarded as both these osseous injuries are serious and exist together. We report two such patients of IFNSF.

Methods

Two children with IFNSF were admitted at our hospital in 2018. The first patient had an associated head injury, while in the second patient, the shaft femur fracture was open. We report on the treatment and results in these two patients. Both the patients were serially assessed and followed 2 years after the injury.

Results

Union was achieved in neck and shaft femur fractures in both the patients by 3 months. Complications like avascul

SUBMITTER: Singh J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7851310 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature