Long bone fracture in a spinal-cord-injured patient: complication of treatment--a case report and review of the literature

J Trauma. 1991 Oct;31(10):1440-4.

Abstract

Long bone fractures in patients with spinal cord injuries are difficult to manage. A case is presented in which complications arose after a femur fracture in a paraplegic patient was treated by closed fixation in a long leg circular plaster cast and the literature on management of long bone fractures in patients with spinal cord injuries is reviewed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amputation, Surgical
  • Casts, Surgical
  • Femoral Artery / injuries
  • Femoral Fractures / complications
  • Femoral Fractures / diagnostic imaging
  • Femoral Fractures / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Leg / surgery
  • Male
  • Radiography
  • Spinal Cord Injuries / complications*
  • Thrombosis / etiology
  • Wound Healing