Open AccessHip fractures in children and adolescents
Author(s) -
Rocco Papalia,
Guglielmo Torre,
Nicola Maffulli,
Vincenzo Denaro
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
british medical bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.08
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1471-8391
pISSN - 0007-1420
DOI - 10.1093/bmb/ldz004
Subject(s) - internal fixation , medicine , randomized controlled trial , internal validity , medline , meta analysis , systematic review , quality of evidence , surgery , physical therapy , reduction (mathematics) , law , pathology , political science , geometry , mathematics
Femoral neck fractures account for <1% of the fractures in children, and are produced by high energy trauma. The most commonly accepted treatment for such fractures is gentle manual anatomical reduction and internal fixation, yielding a healing rate between 80% and 90%.
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