J Korean Orthop Assoc.  1980 Sep;15(3):517-523. 10.4055/jkoa.1980.15.3.517.

Fracture of the Femoral Neck in Children: Report of 4 cases

• Cho JL
• Kim KH
• Kim SJ
• Park KJ

• KMID: 2456432
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4055/jkoa.1980.15.3.517

Abstract

Fractures of the neck of the femur in children are so rare that none has a great experience of them. Therefore the literature is scanty and no detailed study of a large series of cases can be found. Generally there were several differens between femoral neck fracture of adult and child. Those are rare incidence, the mechanism of fracture, different blood supply of femoral head, difficulty discision of definitive treatment and high incidence of complications. In this report, we presented 4 cases. One of them was the dispiaced fracture and was treated with conservative method. The other 3 cases were the displaced fractures and were treated with operative method. Relatively good results were obtained.

Keyword

Fracture of the femoral neck in children

MeSH Terms

Adult
Child*
Femoral Neck Fractures
Femur
Femur Neck*
Head
Humans
Incidence
Methods
Neck