93 Managing paediatric torus fractures at the Royal London Hospital: A Clinical Audit and Cost Analysis

Neurology elective at the Royal London Hospital.

Royal Brompton Hospital, London.

Royal Brompton Hospital locally known as The Brompton, can trace its origins back to the 1840s. As a tuberculosis and respiratory hospital, it pioneered treatment in the field but it was only in the late 1940s that cardiac care was explored. Today, from its West London site in Chelsea, it is still renowned for its respiratory work but throughout the second part of the 20th century, and into the...

From the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and The Royal London Hospital NHS Trusts, London, England

©2003 British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery doi:10.1302/0301-620X.85B1.13055 $2.00 e have compared the survival and radiological outcome at ten years after total hip replacement using two techniques for preparing the femoral canal. The same prosthesis was used throughout and all operations were performed by the same surgical team. In technique 1 the canal was over-reamed by 2 mm a...

Cost analysis of managing paediatric femoral shaft fractures: flexible intramedullary nailing versus non-operative management.

This retrospective study aimed at comparing the cost of operative treatment versus non-operative treatment in the management of isolated paediatric femoral shaft fracture, in a single Trauma and Orthopaedic unit in a district general hospital in South East England. Patients were divided into three groups according to their treatment, and the cost was analysed depending on their requirements for...

Paediatric femoral fractures--the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children experience.

From the charts, the following general data was recorded for each patient: age, gender, affected side(s), referringaccidentandemergencydepartment, monthofadmission, relevant orthopaedic historyand duration of inpatient stay. Specific to the femoral fracture the following datawas recorded: mechanism of injury, associated injuries, whether the fracture was open or closed, the presence of neurovas...