Lower Limb Trauma
A 7-year-old boy sustains a transverse midshaft femur fracture after a fall from a bicycle. He weighs 25kg. The fracture is displaced with 2cm of shortening. The emergency physician asks about the most appropriate management. Regarding pediatric femoral shaft fractures:
Mark each as TRUE or FALSE
Treatment is age-based: Pavlik harness (0-6 months), spica casting (6 months to 5 years), flexible i...
Spica casting requires adequate reduction and acceptable alignment; acceptable angulation decreases ...
Rigid reamed intramedullary nails are appropriate for all ages; flexible nails can be used in skelet...
Flexible intramedullary nails (titanium elastic nails - TENs) provide relative stability allowing ca...
Complications include leg length discrepancy (overgrowth of 1-2cm common, may get shortening with co...
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Click T (True) or F (False) for each option