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Bennet A Butler1, Cort D Lawton1, Robert Christian1
1Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, 676 North St. Clair St., Suite 1350, Chicago, Illinois, 60611, USA.
Background:
Pediatric femur fractures are frequently encountered injuries frequently treated with spica casting. Spica casting may, however, be expensive and burdensome to patients. A possible alternative is a long leg splint.
Methods:
Patients aged 6 months to 5 years old who were treated for a femoral shaft fracture with a long leg splint extending above the waist were matched with a patient treated with a spica cast.
Results:
At the time of healing, the alignment in the spica cast group was only significantly better than the alignment of the splint group with respect to coronal angulation.
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