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Abstracts Posters SICOT-SOF meeting Gothenburg 2010 _2_

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Poster<br />

Topic: Paediatrics<br />

Abstract number: 25925<br />

BILATERAL SIMULTANEOUS FRACTURE NECK OF FEMUR IN A EIGHT YEAR<br />

OLD CHILD<br />

Sanjoy BAGCHI<br />

Amri Hospitals Kolkata India, Kolkata (INDIA)<br />

Simultaneous traumatic bilateral fracture neck of femur is a very unusual injury in<br />

paediatric age group. Literature search revealed only four cases reported. A eight<br />

year old female patient had a high speed road traffic accident and attended our<br />

hopital. Examination and radiology revealed minor head injury, small vaginal<br />

laceration and bilateral cervicotrochanteric fracture neck of femur. She was treated<br />

with closed reduction and canulated cancellous screw fixation on both sides.<br />

Recovery was uneventful and patint was kept in bed with range of motion exercises.<br />

Followup revealed good union and no features of avacular necrosis and implants<br />

were removed. At current (ten month) followup patient was mobilising painfree with<br />

no limp and no osteonecrosis is evident. She continues to be under follow up.<br />

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