Open AccessOpen reduction and Herbert screw fixation of Pipkin type IV femoral head fracture in an adolescent: A case report
Author(s) -
Yao Liu,
Jin Dai,
Xiaodong Wang,
ZhiXin Guo,
Li Zhu,
Yunfang Zhen
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i4.898
Subject(s) - medicine , femoral head , reduction (mathematics) , surgery , fixation (population genetics) , dentistry , population , geometry , mathematics , environmental health
Femoral head fracture is extremely rare in children. This may be the youngest patient with femoral head fracture ever reported in the literature. There are few pediatric studies that focus on cases treated with open reduction via the modified Hardinge approach.