Management of the femoral shaft fractures in children by hip spica casting with skin traction and its early results

In this study 47 patients with fractures of 47 femoral diaphysis (47 cases) who had been treated conservatively between the dates of December 1992-February 1994 researched. The skin traction has been of the patients who had been receiving the treatment of primary skin traction hip spica casting was discontinued on the third week of the treatment, while it is still in the cast, then the treatment was continued in cast for six weeks more. Controls of the patients following fracture healing were satisfactory