title: Immediate double hip spica immobilization as the treatment for femoral shaft fractures in children.
abstract: Fractures of the femur in children are usually the result of high-velocity injury. Older methods of treatment, i.e., prolonged traction, offer no advantage over early spica immobilization and markedly increase the hospitalization time and expense. It is recommended that traction be abandoned except in unusual circumstances.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000379:methods*; D006615:Hip / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male