Resource implications of managing paediatric femoral fractures in a major trauma centre: Analysis of 98 cases

Andreas Rehm; Pinelopi Linardatou Novak; Tamás Kobezda; Joshua C Y Ong; Azeem Thahir; Elizabeth Ashby

doi:10.1016/j.injury.2023.111250

Resource implications of managing paediatric femoral fractures in a major trauma centre: Analysis of 98 cases

Injury. 2024 Mar;55(3):111250. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2023.111250. Epub 2023 Nov 29.

Authors

Andreas Rehm¹, Pinelopi Linardatou Novak², Tamás Kobezda³, Joshua C Y Ong³, Azeem Thahir³, Elizabeth Ashby⁴

Affiliations

¹ Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Department of Paediatric Orthopaedics, Paediatric Division, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Electronic address: leoreporting@yahoo.co.uk.
² Higher Orthopaedic Trainee, Department of Paediatric Orthopaedics, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
³ Higher Orthopaedic Trainee, Department of Paediatric Orthopaedics, Paediatric Division, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
⁴ Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Department of Paediatric Orthopaedics, Paediatric Division, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

PMID: 38044161
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2023.111250

No abstract available

Keywords: Femoral fracture; Femoral shaft fracture; Flexible intramedullary nail; Hip spica; PLICS; Paediatric femoral fracture; Paediatric orthopaedic surgeon; Rigid intramedullary nail.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Bone Nails
Child
Femoral Fractures* / diagnostic imaging
Femoral Fractures* / surgery
Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary*
Humans
Retrospective Studies
Trauma Centers
Treatment Outcome