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Femur Fractures in Neonates, Infants and Toddlers with or Without Child Abuse

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Neonatal femur fractures can be associated with obstetric injury, prematurity, and osteogenesis imperfecta. Accidental infantile and toddler femur fractures are usually due to falls and are generally treated with Pavlik harness treatment or spica casting. Child abuse is commonly associated with femur fractures in the non-ambulatory child, and must be investigated when appropriate.

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Pace, J.L., Skaggs, D.L. (2016). Femur Fractures in Neonates, Infants and Toddlers with or Without Child Abuse. In: Hedequist, D., Heyworth, B. (eds) Pediatric Femur Fractures. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7986-5_3

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