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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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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. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Rinat, Barak Bor, Noam Dujovny, Eytan 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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