title: Neglected femoral neck fracture in patient with seizure: a case of a delayed fixation of type 1A fracture in 11-month-old infant.
abstract: Fractures of the hip are rare injuries in children, accounting for less than 1 % of all pediatric fractures. Compared with other pediatric skeletal injuries, hip fractures are associated with high complication rates and poor outcomes, most commonly osteonecrosis, as well as non-union and malunion. Although significant trauma is the most common reason of the separation of upper femoral epiphysis, furthermore some cases were reported after seizures. To our knowledge, there is no previous publication in the literature that reports the results of delayed reduction and fixation of transepiphyseal separation of the proximal femoral epiphysis. We report a case of delayed open reduction and internal fixation of Delbet type 1A femoral neck fracture following seizures in an 11-month-old male child.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Midyat State Hospital, 47500, Mardin, Turkey. drhalilatmaca@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Halil
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Atmaca
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Medicine, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey.
authors.forename: Kaya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Memişoğlu
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Medicine, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tuncay
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Baran
keywords: Delbet type 1A; Femoral neck fracture; Transepiphyseal separation