Neglected femoral neck fracture in patient with seizure: a case of a delayed fixation of type 1A fracture in 11-month-old infant

Atmaca H., MEMİŞOĞLU K., Baran T.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY AND TRAUMATOLOGY, cilt.22, ss.173-176, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 22
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s00590-012-1009-9
  • Dergi Adı: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY AND TRAUMATOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.173-176
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Delbet type 1A, Transepiphyseal separation, Femoral neck fracture, TRAUMATIC TRANSEPIPHYSEAL SEPARATION, EPIPHYSIS FOLLOWING SEIZURES, TERM-FOLLOW-UP, AVASCULAR NECROSIS, HIP DISLOCATION, CHILDREN, FEMUR
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Fractures of the hip are rare injuries in children, accounting for less than 1 % of all pediatric fractures. Compared with other pediatric skeletal injuries, hip fractures are associated with high complication rates and poor outcomes, most commonly osteonecrosis, as well as non-union and malunion. Although significant trauma is the most common reason of the separation of upper femoral epiphysis, furthermore some cases were reported after seizures. To our knowledge, there is no previous publication in the literature that reports the results of delayed reduction and fixation of transepiphyseal separation of the proximal femoral epiphysis. We report a case of delayed open reduction and internal fixation of Delbet type 1A femoral neck fracture following seizures in an 11-month-old male child.