Femoral Shaft Fractures Trauma Orthobullets

Femoral Shaft Fractures Trauma Orthobullets Blood loss in closed femoral shaft fractures is 1000 1500ml. for closed tibial shaft fractures, 500 1000ml. blood loss in open fractures may be double that of closed fractures. affected leg often shortened. tenderness about thigh. motion. examination for ipsilateral femoral neck fracture often difficult secondary to pain from fracture. Summary. femoral neck fractures are common injuries to the proximal femur associated with increased risk of avascular necrosis, and high levels of patient morbidity and mortality. diagnosis is generally made radiographically with orthogonal radiographs of the hip. treatment is generally operative with open reduction and internal fixation versus.

Femoral Shaft Fractures Trauma Orthobullets Femoral shaft fractures are one of the most common pediatric orthopedic fractures and are the most common reason for pediatric hospitalization due to orthopedic injury. diagnosis is made with plain radiographs of the femur. treatment may be palvic harness, spica casting or operative depending on the fracture pattern and age of the patient. Common injury due to major violent trauma. 1 femur fracture 10,000 people. more common in people < 25 yo or >65 yo. femur fracture leads to reduced activity for 107 days, the average length of hospital stay is 25 days. motor vehicle, motorcycle, auto pedestrian, aircraft, and gunshot wound accidents are most frequent causes. Stress fractures of the femoral shaft are uncommon and give rise to only 4% of all femoral fractures in children . non accidental injury (nai) young age is a strong predictor of non accidental pediatric femoral fractures [ 24 ], with up to 60% of femoral fractures in infants < 1 year old due to suspected or confirmed child abuse [ 8 , 10 ]. Definition: fracture of the middle portion of the femur, which extends from the lesser trochanter to the femoral condyles. mechanism. younger population: high energy trauma such as mva, fall from height, gunshots. older population: low energy trauma such as fall from standing (egol 2014) epidemiology.