Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
C.R. Wheeless MD
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Immediate spica cast system for femoral shaft fractures in infants and
children.Allen BL Jr. Schoch EP 3d. Emery FE.
Southern Medical Journal. [JC:uvh] 71(1):18-22, 1978 Jan.
From August 1973 through August 1976, 55 femoral shaft fractures in
children were treated by manipulative reduction and immediate application
of a double hip spica cast. All had satisfactory results and none had
serious complications. Data from the study support our opinion that the
immediate spica system is the treatment of choice for these fractures and
that traction methods should probably be abandoned as definitive treatment
of a femoral shaft fracture in a child.
Immediate spica cast system for femoral shaft fractures in infants and
children.Allen BL Jr. Schoch EP 3d. Emery FE.
Southern Medical Journal. [JC:uvh] 71(1):18-22, 1978 Jan.
From August 1973 through August 1976, 55 femoral shaft fractures in
children were treated by manipulative reduction and immediate application
of a double hip spica cast. All had satisfactory results and none had
serious complications. Data from the study support our opinion that the
immediate spica system is the treatment of choice for these fractures and
that traction methods should probably be abandoned as definitive treatment
of a femoral shaft fracture in a child.