title: Fractures of the shaft of the femur: progress in treatment (1961-1971). Experience with conservative traction with ambulatory cast brace treatment in seventy-five patients.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001915:Braces; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D002648:Child; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D005592:Fracture Fixation; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007103:Immobilization; D008297:Male; D008404:Massachusetts; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011312:Pressure; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence; D014143:Traction