title: Domiciliary treatment of femoral shaft fracture in children.
abstract: A total of 20 children presenting in Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department of University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria with femoral shaft fracture treated with straight leg fixed traction in a domiciliary setting is presented. The male:female ratio is 3.2 with fall accounting for 65% of the cases. There was satisfactory correction of overriding and angular deformity following the application of the fixed traction in all the patients. There was good Callus formation at six weeks with no vascular, neurological or soft tissue complication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
authors.forename: S O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Ogunlade
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Omololu
authors.forename: T O
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: Alonge
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Salawu
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D013165:Splints; D014143:Traction / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016896:Treatment Outcome