Nine cases of bilateral femoral shaft fractures were seen in a series of 126 patients treated from 1973-1977. Patients were multitrauma cases from automobile accidents. Treatment by traction followed by cast-bracing resulted in a high percentage of unsatisfactory results, lengthy recoveries, and the necessity of secondary surgical procedures to improve the results.
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BEAM et al. (1980) studied this question.