title: Operative stabilization of pediatric femur fractures.
abstract: Femur fractures represent approximately 1.7% of all pediatric bony injuries. Most femur fractures were treated nonoperatively prior to the early 1980s. Recent refinements in the operative techniques used to treat pediatric femur fracture have led to a reduction in the use of traction and casting treatment methods.
authors.affiliation: Carolina Orthopaedic Associates, Aiken, South Carolina.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McCartney
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hinton
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Heinrich
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001158:Arteries / Q000293:injuries; D001860:Bone Plates; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005271:Femur Head Necrosis / Q000209:etiology; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods*; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D007870:Leg Length Inequality / Q000209:etiology; D000072042:Salter-Harris Fractures