A Case Report of Missed Femur Fractures in Pediatric Trauma Patient

Isolated paediatric non-displaced femoral fracture is common and can be missed due to many factors. These factors might be related to patient, clinical, technical and radiological misinterpretations. Careful listening to patient complaints and full physical examination is very important in every pediatric trauma. A careful and systematic approach in radiological evaluation by both treating orthopaedic surgeons and radiologists is an important factor in reducing missing a hidden fracture. In polytrauma, children always do a systematic and complete physical examination of the skeletal system. In suspected cases of unseen fractures, further studies might be indicated like bone scan or MRI. Never let a child go home if he/she can not walk or is having difficulty walking without a close follow-up. In this section, we discuss the non-displaced fracture of the femur in children and how to avoid missing a fracture.