Why the study?
Does natural remodelling correct angular deformity after femoral shaft fractures in children?
Population
28 children with unilateral middle-third fractures of the femoral shaft who had an angular deformity after…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
average 45 months (20 to 66)
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May support accepting ≤25° malunion in children <13 after femoral fractures; hypothesis-generating on physeal remodeling dominance.
Does natural remodelling correct angular deformity after femoral shaft fractures in children?
In children under 13 years of age, malunion of up to 25 degrees in any plane after femoral shaft fractures will remodel sufficiently to provide normal joint surface alignment.
Wallace et al. (1992) studied this question.