Vascular evaluation after cervical hip fractures in children: a case series of eight children examined by scintigraphy after surgery for cervical hip fracture and evaluated for development of secondary radiological changes.
Femoral neck fractures in children and young adults are rare, but have a high risk of avascular necrosis (AVN) and subsequent gradual collapse of the femoral head. In 2006, we initiated the use of scintigraphy for the diagnosis of vascular impairment after a cervical fracture in children. In the present retrospective case study, we evaluated the effect of the remaining postoperative circulation in