title: Transverse cervicopertrochanteric hip fracture.
abstract: A 3-year-old boy sustained a previously undescribed transverse hip fracture that involved the cervical, cervicotrochanteric, and intertrochanteric regions. The fracture was successfully treated with skeletal traction for 4 weeks using a Steinmann pin placed through the distal femoral metaphysis followed by spica cast immobilization. The 3-year follow-up examination demonstrated satisfactory growth and remodeling of the proximal femur with no evidence of osteonecrosis, premature physeal closure, or coxa vara.
authors.affiliation: Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, California.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Gamble
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lettice
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Rinsky
mesh_terms: D002370:Casts, Surgical; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014143:Traction