Pediatric patient with a bilateral Salter-Harris II fracture and slipped capital femoral epiphysis secondary to autosomal recessive osteopetrosis

• Published in: Die Orthopädie Vol. 51; no. 12; pp. 1015 - 1021
• Main Authors: Jaber, Ayham, Schwarze, Martin, Steinle, Verena, Götze, Marco, Hagmann, Sébastien
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Springer Medizin 01.12.2022
• Subjects: Child; Child, Preschool; Chiropractic Medicine; Conservative Orthopedics; Coxa Vara - diagnostic imaging; Female; Femoral Neck Fractures - diagnostic imaging; Fracture Fixation, Internal - methods; Humans; Kasuistiken; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Orthopedics; Osteopetrosis - complications; Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphyses - diagnostic imaging; Sports Medicine; Surgical Orthopedics; Traumatic Surgery; Femoral neck fracture; Growth plate; Osteosynthese; Osteotomie; Pathologic fracture; Pathologische Fraktur; Kongenitale Erkrankung; Osteotomy; Osteosynthesis; Wachstumsfuge; Congenital disease; Schenkelhalsfraktur

Treatment of femoral neck fractures secondary to osteopetrosis is an uncertain and puzzled decision. Experience in the treatment, especially in the pediatric population, is scarcely reported. The duration of conservative treatment is prolonged and poses the risks of non-union and development of coxa...