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The purpose of this study is to determine which method is better for treatment of femoral fracture in children in outcomes.
There is no consensus on treatment of closed femoral shaft fractures in children 6-12years old. We aimed to compare hip spica cast with titanium elastic nailing (TEN) in the treatment of femoral shaft fractures in children.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| hip spica casting | Other | Patients in the spica cast group treated with skeletal traction and spica cast applied for them |
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| titanium elasting nailing | Other | For patients in the Titanium Elasting Nailing group, the nail applied retrogradely in femoral shaft fracture |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| titanium elastic nailing | Procedure | we inserted titanium nail in femoral fractures retrogradely |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Length of hospital stay | identification of Length of hospital stay (days)for patients who treated with titanium elastic nailing or casting | at 1 months post-operatively |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| the time to walking with aids | identification of the time to walking with aids in patients who treated with titanium elastic nailing or casting | at 1 months post-operatively |
| parent's satisfaction |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| hamidreza shemshaki, MD | MD,research comittee | Study Chair |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Al-zahra university hospital | Isfahan | Isfahan | Iran |
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| Hip spica casting | Device | we applied cast for three weeks in patients with femoral shaft fracture |
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identification of parent's satisfaction with questionnair in patients who treated with titanium elastic nailing or casting
| at 1 months post-operatively |
| the time absent from school | identification of the time absent from school in patients who treated with titanium elasting nailing or casting | at 1 months post-operatively |