Open AccessDomiciliary treatment of femoral shaft fracture in children
Author(s) -
SO Ogunlade,
AB Omololu,
T O Alonge,
S A Salawu
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
west african journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0189-160X
DOI - 10.4314/wajm.v22i1.27984
Subject(s) - medicine , femoral shaft , traction (geology) , surgery , deformity , soft tissue , complication , emergency department , femoral fracture , femur , geomorphology , geology , psychiatry
A total of 20 children presenting in Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department of University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria with femoral shaft fracture treated with straight leg fixed traction in a domiciliary setting is presented. The male:female ratio is 3.2 with fall accounting for 65% of the cases. There was satisfactory correction of overriding and angular deformity following the application of the fixed traction in all the patients. There was good Callus formation at six weeks with no vascular, neurological or soft tissue complication.