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Archive Copy: - 1999 Annual Meeting Scientific Program. Femoral Fractures in Children and Adolescents: Consensus and Controversy

Acute Musculoskeletal Injuries

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MONTEGGIA FRACTURES

LATERAL CONDYLE FRACTURE THROUGH THE CAPITELLUM IN A CHILD

Fracture of the Proximal Tibial Epiphysis

Post Traumatic Tibial Valga, The Alfred I. duPont Institute

Clavicle Fractures

Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics

Femoral neck fractures in the young adult are a different type of fracture than those seen in the elderly. These younger patients have normal bone density. A simple fall is not going to break the femoral neck. These fractures require high energy type injury mechanisms, and greater than 50% of the patients will have associated injuries as a reflection of the severity of their injury. The mechanisms is usually an axial load to the lower extremity with an abducted hip. The fracture pattern in these patients tends to be more vertical than in the elderly patient.

Femoral shaft fractures in children are a little difficult to deal with, especially if you are taking care of them sporadically and especially when they are associated with polytrauma.

Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics

Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center. Database of best practices for preventing childhood injuries

Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics

Supracondylar Elbow Fractures: Paediatric