Can a femur bone spiral fracture occur without abuse in a 5 week old infant?
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Can a femur bone spiral fracture occur without abuse in a 5 week old infant?
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Dr. Jeffrey Wint
Surgery - Hand Surgery
In brief: The analysis of
Fracture pattern, location, cause, age, other injuries, other obvious trauma, history, presence or absence of obvious trauma ( ie if it seems that a low energy injury results in fracture) are all considerations in the careful evaluation of whether an injury to a child is related to abuse or not.
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In brief: The analysis of
Fracture pattern, location, cause, age, other injuries, other obvious trauma, history, presence or absence of obvious trauma ( ie if it seems that a low energy injury results in fracture) are all considerations in the careful evaluation of whether an injury to a child is related to abuse or not.
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