title: Femoral shaft fracture in 265 children. Log-normal correlation with age of speed of healing.
abstract: After exclusion of delayed unions and pseudoarthroses in teenagers, the time required for union of 275 consecutive fractures of the femoral diaphysis in children followed a log-normal pattern with a constant 10 percent coefficient of variation and a geometric mean increasing uniformly by 0.7 weeks per year. Multiple injuries increased, and operative treatment reduced the geometric mean time for fracture healing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Sönderborg, Esbjerg, Denmark.
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Skak
authors.forename: T T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Jensen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors; D014945:Wound Healing