[An original protocol for conservative treatment of fractures of the femoral diaphysis in children].
Diaphyseal femoral fractures at children is very common, especially during the children play, traffic accidents and others. In spite on the dramatic clinical status (severe pain, deformity, pathological motions, and loss of stability) and great dislocation, conservative treatment almost always have good clinical result. Basis of this treatment is 3 week of indirect traction and after 6 weeks of plaster cast immobilization with permanent clinical and radiological evaluations. Operative treatment is reserved for cases of unsuccessfull conservative treatment and its complications. Resistutio ad integrum is almost always complete, thanks to good quality of this method, good biological potential of the child bone and good rehabilitation after immobilization.