Pathological fractures of the proximal femur due to solitary bone cyst: classification, methods of treatment

Fractures are a very important issue in a child’s orthopedic pathology. Neglected a good amount of time, being considered “not too serious”, or “rare”, having better and faster healing methods and not leaving sequels, like in the case of adults, a child’s fractures remain an important chapter of traumatology in general. Because of the raising prevalence of child osteoarticular traumas, as well as new less invasive treatment methods, this theme is always to date. The paper analyzes particular cases of bone fractures that appeared due to minor traumas, on bones with a high brittleness, localized especially on the long bones. Although these fractures on a pathological bone can be seen at all levels of the human skeleton, this paper focuses on fractures located in the proximal third part of the femur. A group of children admitted in the Pediatric Orthopedic Department of “M.S. Curie” Hospital-Bucharest with this diagnostic, were analyzed between 2009 and 2013.