Open AccessSimultaneous post traumatic bilateral cervico-trochanteric femoral neck fractures in a child: a case report
Author(s) -
Hussa M Gilban,
Tarek M. Mirdad,
Matthew Jenyo
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
west african journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0189-160X
DOI - 10.4314/wajm.v24i4.28235
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , road traffic accident , femur , femoral neck , reduction (mathematics) , internal fixation , girl , fixation (population genetics) , traffic accident , road traffic , forensic engineering , osteoporosis , population , geometry , mathematics , environmental health , transport engineering , engineering , endocrinology , psychology , developmental psychology
A case is being presented of simultaneous bilateral cervico-trochanteric fractures of the neck of the femur in a five and a half-year-old girl following a road traffic accident (RTA). It is being presented because of its rarity; literature search to date revealing no previously reported similar case. The patient was managed by open reduction and internal fixation with a period of postoperative immobilization with a hip spica.