Journeau P, Chaplain E, Chahin A, Touzet P, Rigault P
Service d'Orthopédie Pédiatrique, Hôpital Necker, Paris.
Rev Chir Orthop Reparatrice Appar Mot. 1997;83(4):354-9.
Femoral diaphysis fractures are very frequent in children. The objective of this study was to evaluate the cost of orthopaedic treatment for femoral diaphysis fracture in school's age children.
50 femoral fractures were reviewed at an average of 5 years follow-up with many economic parameters.
Different treatments are available for this type of fracture. Actually, there is a controversy between orthopaedic and surgical treatment and no one gives better long term results. Therefore economic reasons can help for the choice of the method when the final result is equivalent. The same study should be realized for other available fracture treatments.
Future studies should use the same methodology in order to obtain the real cost of each treatment.
股骨干骨折在儿童中非常常见。本研究的目的是评估学龄期儿童股骨干骨折的骨科治疗费用。
回顾了50例股骨干骨折病例，平均随访5年，并涉及许多经济参数。
对于这类骨折有不同的治疗方法。实际上，骨科治疗和手术治疗之间存在争议，且没有一种方法能带来更好的长期效果。因此，当最终结果相当时，经济因素有助于治疗方法的选择。对于其他可用的骨折治疗方法，也应进行同样的研究。
未来的研究应采用相同的方法，以获得每种治疗方法的实际成本。
