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Pediatric Femoral Neck Fractures after Sliding in a Water Slide: A Case Report of Two Patients

INTRODUCTION: In contrast to adults, fractures of the neck of femur in children are relatively rare. The commonly described mechanism of injury is high energy trauma. Treatment options are almost always surgical. Prognosis, which entails relatively high rates of complications, varies with specific a...

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Autores principales: Rinat, Barak, Bor, Noam, Dujovny, Eytan, Rozen, Nimrod, Rubin, Guy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Indian Orthopaedic Research Group 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8422012/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34557443
http://dx.doi.org/10.13107/jocr.2021.v11.i05.2210
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author Rinat, Barak
Bor, Noam
Dujovny, Eytan
Rozen, Nimrod
Rubin, Guy
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description INTRODUCTION: In contrast to adults, fractures of the neck of femur in children are relatively rare. The commonly described mechanism of injury is high energy trauma. Treatment options are almost always surgical. Prognosis, which entails relatively high rates of complications, varies with specific anatomic location, time to surgery, and reduction quality. CASE REPORT: We describe two cases of 10- and 12-year-old girls who suffered a fracture of the neck of the femur, Delbet Type II and Type III, respectively, due to a suspected hyper-abduction injury while sliding on a water slide. Both patients were treated surgically, with the younger one developing signs of femoral head avascular necrosis a year postoperatively. CONCLUSION: Children with pain and an inability to bear weight after water sliding together with an adult companion at their backs should raise suspicion among medical staff of a femoral neck fracture. Prompt pediatric orthopedic consultation and treatment are needed in case of fracture diagnosis to reduce the risk of complications.
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spelling pubmed-84220122021-09-22 Pediatric Femoral Neck Fractures after Sliding in a Water Slide: A Case Report of Two Patients Rinat, Barak Bor, Noam Dujovny, Eytan Rozen, Nimrod Rubin, Guy J Orthop Case Rep Case Report INTRODUCTION: In contrast to adults, fractures of the neck of femur in children are relatively rare. The commonly described mechanism of injury is high energy trauma. Treatment options are almost always surgical. Prognosis, which entails relatively high rates of complications, varies with specific anatomic location, time to surgery, and reduction quality. CASE REPORT: We describe two cases of 10- and 12-year-old girls who suffered a fracture of the neck of the femur, Delbet Type II and Type III, respectively, due to a suspected hyper-abduction injury while sliding on a water slide. Both patients were treated surgically, with the younger one developing signs of femoral head avascular necrosis a year postoperatively. CONCLUSION: Children with pain and an inability to bear weight after water sliding together with an adult companion at their backs should raise suspicion among medical staff of a femoral neck fracture. Prompt pediatric orthopedic consultation and treatment are needed in case of fracture diagnosis to reduce the risk of complications. Indian Orthopaedic Research Group 2021-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8422012/ /pubmed/34557443 http://dx.doi.org/10.13107/jocr.2021.v11.i05.2210 Text en Copyright: © Indian Orthopaedic Research Group https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Rinat, Barak
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Rozen, Nimrod
Rubin, Guy
Pediatric Femoral Neck Fractures after Sliding in a Water Slide: A Case Report of Two Patients
title Pediatric Femoral Neck Fractures after Sliding in a Water Slide: A Case Report of Two Patients
title_full Pediatric Femoral Neck Fractures after Sliding in a Water Slide: A Case Report of Two Patients
title_fullStr Pediatric Femoral Neck Fractures after Sliding in a Water Slide: A Case Report of Two Patients
title_full_unstemmed Pediatric Femoral Neck Fractures after Sliding in a Water Slide: A Case Report of Two Patients
title_short Pediatric Femoral Neck Fractures after Sliding in a Water Slide: A Case Report of Two Patients
title_sort pediatric femoral neck fractures after sliding in a water slide: a case report of two patients
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8422012/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34557443
http://dx.doi.org/10.13107/jocr.2021.v11.i05.2210
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