Transverse cervicopertrochanteric hip fracture.
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.
Gamble
J G
JG
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, California.
Lettice
J
J
Smith
J T
JT
Rinsky
L A
LA
D002370:Casts, Surgical; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014143:Traction