Repair of a Vascular Injury Associated With a Pediatric Femur Fracture

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Pediatric vascular injuries are relatively uncommon. The risk for such injuries in the setting of blunt, orthopedic trauma is quite variable depending on the extremity involved. In regards to the thigh, there have been few reports of pediatric vascular disturbances resulting from femur fractures, blunt trauma, and benign neoplasms; however, none of these injuries required repair. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a child under age 15 who sustained an isolated femur fracture from blunt trauma that led to a vascular injury that required repair.