Fracture of the femoral shaft in children associated with bone overgrowth Desouza Clevio1, Herode Prafulla2,*, Chaudhary Amit3, George Shiju1, Rawat Vikas1 1Junior Resident, Dept. of Orthopaedics, Dr. D.Y. Patil Hospital, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra, India 2Associate Professor, Dept. of Orthopaedics, Dr. D.Y. Patil Hospital, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra, India 3Senior Resident, Dept. of Orthopaedics, Dr. D.Y. Patil Hospital, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra, India *Corresponding Author: Email: pgherode@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 24 September, 2018. Abstract Forty children were treated with conservative non-operative management for femoral shaft fractures. These children were reviewed with regard to the differences that were observed in the limb length after treatment. The average femoral overgrowth was 0.85 cm (0–2.5cm). This was influenced by the age at the time of the fracture. We were not able to find any association between the quantity of overgrowth and race, gender, level or configuration of the fracture. Top Keywords Femoral shaft fractures, Overgrowth, Children, Conservative management. Top |