title: [Post-traumatic length discrepancy and muscular atrophy after femoral fractures in childhood].
abstract: The results of a clinical follow-up study of 107 children treated in the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf because of femoral shaft fractures are shown. Most of the fractures healed with lengthening of the fractured bone and showed a muscles atrophy of the concerned limb as well. This study demonstrates the connections between these alterations.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Unfall- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Chirurgischen Klinik des Universitätskrankenhauses Eppendorf.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Thaer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dallek
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Meenen
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Jungbluth
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007870:Leg Length Inequality / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D009133:Muscular Atrophy / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology
vernacular_title: Posttraumatische Längendifferenz und Muskelatrophie nach Oberschenkelfrakturen im Kindesalter.