Early Casting of Femoral Shaft Fractures in Children
作者:
O. Henderson,
Raymond Morrissy,
Michael Gerdes,
Richard McCarthy,
期刊:
Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics
(OVID Available online 1984)
卷期:
Volume 4,
issue 1
页码: 16-21
ISSN:0271-6798
年代: 1984
出版商: OVID
关键词: Femoral shaft fracture;Hospitalization cost;Spica cast treatment
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Twenty-six children with fractures of the femur were entered into a prospective study to determine the efficacy of treating certain of these fractures by early spica cast immobilization. They were compared with 50 consecutive patients with similar fractures who were treated prior to the study to determine the potential cost savings and decrease in patient days in hospital. The clinical results of treatment were compared with results from the literature and the previous group where applicable. Our conclusion from this study is that most femoral shaft fractures in children under 10 years of age can be treated by closed reduction and early spica cast immobilization with results that are at least as good as those achieved by conventional methods, and with a 70% savings in hospital cost. Factors such as obesity, swelling, shortening, comminution, and fracture type can all combine to give relative contraindications for the use of this technique.
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