How long does it take for a distal femur fracture to heal?

General Treatment Most distal femur fractures are treated with surgery. The broken bone will take a minimum of 2 months to heal. Some can take more than 6 months to heal.

What is a Grade 2 fracture?

grade 2: wound 1-10 cm in length without extensive soft-tissue damage, flaps or avulsions. grade 3: extensive soft-tissue laceration (>10 cm) or tissue loss/damage or an open segmental fracture. open fractures caused by farm injuries. injuries requiring vascular intervention.

Do you cast a Salter-Harris fracture?

Your child’s injury may need to be put in a cast or splint if a Salter-Harris fracture is known or suspected. This will help prevent more injury to the growth plate and surrounding bone. If the bone is not displaced (moved out of place), your child may get a cast to secure the bone as it heals.

Can a distal femur fracture heal without surgery?

Very few distal femur fracture patterns and types do not need surgery for the bone to heal. This is because the strength of muscles that pull on the bones trying to pull them apart. Small breaks or those with good overall alignment often can be treated without an operation.

Can you fully recover from a broken femur?

Most femoral fractures take about 4 to 6 months to heal completely, but you should be able to resume many activities before this time.

What is the most common Salter-Harris fracture?

Of the five most common Salter-Harris fracture types, type II is the most common (75%) followed by types III (10%), IV (10%), type I (5%), and lastly, type V which is very rare. Males are more likely to be affected because they have an increased tendency to engage in high-risk activities.

What is Salter III fracture?

Salter-Harris type III fractures are an uncommon, intraarticular fracture physeal fractures that occur in children. The fracture line is often obliquely oriented through the epiphysis to the physis where it will take a horizontal orientation extending to the edge of the physis.

What is the commonest complication of Colles fracture?

A study of 565 fractures revealed 177 (31 per cent) with such complications as persistent neuropathies of the median, ulnar, or radial nerves (forty-five cases), radiocarpal or radio-ulnar arthrosis (thirty-seven cases), and malposition-malunion (thirty cases).

What are the 3 classifications of fractures?

In this article we look at the three primary types of fractures: open, closed, and displaced fractures.

Which is a sequelae of a distal femur fracture?

Growth disturbance is a common sequelae of distal femoral physeal fractures. Fractures that are displaced more than half of the diameter of the shaft are at greater risk for growth arrest. In a meta-analysis of distal physeal fractures, growth disturbance was found in 36% of Salter-Harris I fractures.

What kind of fracture is a Salter I fracture?

Salter I (Slipped) This is when the fracture line extends through the physis or within the growth plate. Type I fractures are due to the longitudinal force applied through the physis which splits the epiphysis from the metaphysis.

Can a distal femur physeal fracture cause growth arrest?

Any physeal fractures of the distal femur can be complicated by growth arrest. SHI and SH II fractures in other areas of the body usually have a low risk of growth arrest but in the case of distal femoral physeal fractures even minimally displaced SHI and SHII type fractures should be followed closely for physeal injury leading to growth arrest.

How are pins used to repair femoral physeal fractures?

A variety of treatment methods have been described for repair of distal femoral physeal fractures including closed reduction and external fixation, normograde or retrograde placement of a single intramedullary pin with or without an anti-rotational Kirshner wire, multiple intramedullary pins, paired Rush pins, Steinman pins, or Kirshner wires