Femur fractures in institutionalized patients after hip spica immobilization.
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Sturm, PF; Alman, BA; Christie, BL
Published in: J Pediatr Orthop
1993
The charts of 77 severely handicapped institutionalized children and young adults were retrospectively reviewed to assess the incidence of femur fractures. No fractures occurred in ambulatory patients. Four of 37 nonambulatory patients who did not have hip surgery (10.9%) had sustained a fracture at some time during their life. Six of 21 (29%) nonambulatory patients who were operated on for subluxed or dislocated hips sustained a femur fracture within 3 months after discontinuation of their spica casts. This risk factor should be taken into account when one considers operation in severely affected nonambulant spastic quadriplegic patients.
Duke Scholars
Published In
J Pediatr Orthop
ISSN
0271-6798
Publication Date
1993
Volume
13
Issue
2
Start / End Page
246 / 248
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Quadriplegia
- Postoperative Complications
- Orthopedics
- Male
- Institutionalization
- Immobilization
- Humans
- Hip Dislocation
- Femoral Fractures
- Female
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Sturm, P. F., Alman, B. A., & Christie, B. L. (1993). Femur fractures in institutionalized patients after hip spica immobilization. J Pediatr Orthop, 13(2), 246–248.
Sturm, P. F., B. A. Alman, and B. L. Christie. “Femur fractures in institutionalized patients after hip spica immobilization.” J Pediatr Orthop 13, no. 2 (1993): 246–48.
Sturm PF, Alman BA, Christie BL. Femur fractures in institutionalized patients after hip spica immobilization. J Pediatr Orthop. 1993;13(2):246–8.
Sturm, P. F., et al. “Femur fractures in institutionalized patients after hip spica immobilization.” J Pediatr Orthop, vol. 13, no. 2, 1993, pp. 246–48.
Sturm PF, Alman BA, Christie BL. Femur fractures in institutionalized patients after hip spica immobilization. J Pediatr Orthop. 1993;13(2):246–248.
Published In
J Pediatr Orthop
ISSN
0271-6798
Publication Date
1993
Volume
13
Issue
2
Start / End Page
246 / 248
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Quadriplegia
- Postoperative Complications
- Orthopedics
- Male
- Institutionalization
- Immobilization
- Humans
- Hip Dislocation
- Femoral Fractures
- Female