An observational study in Femur Fracture, sponsored by Washington University School of Medicine. Completed at 3 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 2 Years to 6 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-04-26.
Sponsored by Washington University School of Medicine · Observational
Current treatment protocol for pediatric femoral shaft fractures is immediate spica casting for patients 6 years and younger and for patients over 6 years and older is percutaneous or open placement of titanium elastic intramedullary nails. The investigators would like to evaluate the current treatment protocol by comparing those patients 6 years and younger treated with closed reduction and spica casting to those 6 years and younger treated with percutaneous pinned with titanium elastic intramedullary nails or submuscular plating. The investigators will be comparing their post-operative functional level, pain management, impact on family and complications through chart and x-ray reviews. The goal is to improve patient care pre and post-operatively for those who have sustained a femoral shaft fracture 6 years old and younger and increase the knowledge of those residents/physicians who care for this patient population.
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Patients will have undergone of the following interventions for the treatment of the femur fracture: spica casting, nancy nailing, or submuscular plating, by a participating physician in the trial. All of these treatments are considered standard of care for this pediatric population.
Exclusion Criteria:
Procedure: femur fracture repair
Procedure: femur fracture repair
Procedure: femur fracture repair
all participants will have undergone surgical intervention to repair a femur fracture, the investigators will simply be collecting data after the procedure; participants will not be consented until after the procedure
Impact on family
Time frame: 6 months
post-operative functional level
Time frame: 1 year
pain management
Time frame: 6 weeks
complications
Time frame: 2 years
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