TY - JOUR PY - 2005// TI - Simultaneous post traumatic bilateral cervico-trochanteric femoral neck fractures in a child: a case report JO - West African journal of medicine A1 - Gilban, Hussa M. A1 - Mirdad, Tarek M. A1 - Jenyo, Matthew SP - 348 EP - 349 VL - 24 IS - 4 N2 - A case is being presented of simultaneous bilateral cervico-trochanteric fractures of the neck of the femur in a five and a half-year-old girl following a road traffic accident (RTA). It is being presented because of its rarity; literature search to date revealing no previously reported similar case. The patient was managed by open reduction and internal fixation with a period of postoperative immobilization with a hip spica.
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