This report deals with the treatment of 31 spontaneous fractures which occurred in 50 institutionalized patients who were bedridden primarily because of severe cerebral palsy associated with brain injury. More than one-half of the group sustained a spontaneous fracture. Satisfactory healing of all fractures with a minimum of complications occurred without any immobilization or realignment. In 4 patients with delayed compound wounds, the treatment consisted of resection of the protruding portion of the bone after allowing the bony protrusion to wall itself off.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Miller1976a
%A Miller, P. R.
%A Glazer, D. A.
%D 1976
%J Clin Orthop Relat Res
%K Adolescent; Adult; Bed Rest; Brain Diseases; Cerebral Palsy; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Femoral Fractures; Fractures, Open; Spontaneous; Humans; Humeral Infant; Infant, Newborn; Male; Mental Retardation; Middle Aged
%N 120
%P 134--137
%T Spontaneous fractures in the brain-crippled, bedridden patient.
%X This report deals with the treatment of 31 spontaneous fractures which occurred in 50 institutionalized patients who were bedridden primarily because of severe cerebral palsy associated with brain injury. More than one-half of the group sustained a spontaneous fracture. Satisfactory healing of all fractures with a minimum of complications occurred without any immobilization or realignment. In 4 patients with delayed compound wounds, the treatment consisted of resection of the protruding portion of the bone after allowing the bony protrusion to wall itself off.
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abstract = {This report deals with the treatment of 31 spontaneous fractures which occurred in 50 institutionalized patients who were bedridden primarily because of severe cerebral palsy associated with brain injury. More than one-half of the group sustained a spontaneous fracture. Satisfactory healing of all fractures with a minimum of complications occurred without any immobilization or realignment. In 4 patients with delayed compound wounds, the treatment consisted of resection of the protruding portion of the bone after allowing the bony protrusion to wall itself off.},
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keywords = {Adolescent; Adult; Bed Rest; Brain Diseases; Cerebral Palsy; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Femoral Fractures; Fractures, Open; Spontaneous; Humans; Humeral Infant; Infant, Newborn; Male; Mental Retardation; Middle Aged},
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title = {Spontaneous fractures in the brain-crippled, bedridden patient.},
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