AAOS 1999 Symposium Q Femoral Fractures in Children and Adolescents- Consensus and Controversy

Description: Archive Copy: - 1999 Annual Meeting Scientific Program. Femoral Fractures in Children and Adolescents: Consensus and Controversy
Moderator(s): James H. Beaty, MD, Memphis, TN Monday, February 8, 1999 SYMPOSIUM
James R Kasser, MD, Boston, MA Scott J Mubarak, MD, San Diego, CA Charles Turner Price, MD, Orlando, FL William W Robertson Jr, MD, Washington, DC John F Sarwark, MD, Chicago, IL
Femoral shaft fractures are relatively common injuries in children and adolescents. In children 6 to 10 years of age and in older adolescents, treatment indications for isolated femoral shaft fractures often overlap. Spica casting, external fixation, flexible intramedullary nailing, locked intramedullary nailing, and compression plating all have been recommended in various age groups, making treatment decisions difficult. Faculty with experience in each type of treatment will discuss indications and contraindications, advantages and disadvantages, technique pearls and pitfalls, outcome, complications, and cost analysis of the various methods. Emphasis will be on choosing the most appropriate treatment method for each individual patient.