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The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 90-B, Issue 3 | Pages 382 - 384
1 Mar 2008
Ballal MS Dawoodi A Sampath J Bass A

Transepiphyseal separation of the neck of the femur following grand mal seizures is described in two children with cerebral palsy. Closed reduction and percutaneous fixation was followed by a period in a hip spica. Although the incidence of avascular necrosis of the femoral head is high following such injury, this has not occurred in these patients at a follow-up of 18 months.