Surgical interventions (exploration and decompression / external neurolysis, internal neurolysis, neurorrhaphy / direct repair, neuroma excision, anastomosis, autologous or allograft nerve grafting or tubulization) vs conservative interventions
Unacceptable malunion · Children and adolescents with femoral shaft fractures
Surgical interventions probably leads to lower unacceptable malunion Assessed by imaging compared with conservative interventions (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Interventions for treating femoral shaft fractures in children and adolescents 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 0.29 [0.15, 0.59]4 studies · 264 participantsModerate