Open AccessRETRACTED ARTICLE: Hip spica versus Rush pins for management of femoral diaphyseal fractures in children
Author(s) -
Mohammad Ruhullah,
Hare Ram Singh,
Sanjay Shah,
D Shrestha
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.139860
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , femur , internal fixation , weight bearing , fixation (population genetics) , femoral shaft , population , environmental health
Femoral fractures are common in children between 2 and 12 years of age and 75% of the lesions affect the femoral shaft. Traction followed by a plaster cast is universally accepted as conservative treatment. We compared primary hip spica with closed reduction and fixation with retrogradely passed crossed Rush pins for diaphyseal femur fracture in children. The hypothesis was that Rush pin might provide better treatment with good clinical results in comparison with primary hip spica.