♦ Displaced cervical fractures must be reduced and then fixed with lag screws♦ Avascular necrosis remains a significant problem♦ Intertrochanteric fractures may be treated closed with traction if an adequate reduction can be obtained and held♦ Dislocated hips should be reduced as soon as possible, open if necessary♦ Pelvic fractures are associated with a high mortality not so much from bleeding from pelvic veins as from accompanying major trauma to the rest of the body♦ The elasticity of children’s bones allows for single breaks in the pelvic ring.
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