Femur Shaft Fractures in Toddlers and Young Children: Rarely from Child Abuse

One hundred thirty-nine children younger than 4 years were identified retrospectively from the period of 1993 through 1997 to have an isolated fracture of the shaft of one or both femurs. Abuse was classified as group A (definite, likely, or questionable abuse) or group B (unknown cause, questionable accident, likely accident, or definite accident). The average age of the children was 2.3 ± 1.1 years. Thirteen children, 9% of the total group,...