关键词: 儿童, 股骨干, 皮牵引, 骨折

Abstract: 【Abstracts】〓Objective〓To investigate the efficacy of skin traction for the treatment of children's femoral shaft fracture. Methods〓Between August 2003 and June 2014, 32 patients (19 males and 13 females).with a mean age of 2.7 years.(range 1-4 years) were treated with the skin traction in our institute. Full weight bearing time, time of fracture healing and complications were evaluated. Results All fractures had good recovery. The mean time of fracture healing was 7.3 weeks (range 6-9 weeks). 75% cases presented with shortening of wound legs with the 1.2 cm (range 0.3-1.7 cm) of mean length of shortening was 1.2 cm (range 0.3-1.7 cm). Spontaneous recovery was observed in all cases during period of follow-up. Complications including nonunion, delayed union, joint stiffness, skin problems, etc did not occur. Conclusion〓Skin traction is an effective method to teat the femoral shaft fracture of children under 4 years old.

Key words: Children, Femoral shaft, Fracture, Skin traction