Open femur fractures in children: treatment, complications, and results.

We evaluated retrospectively the treatment of 44 open femur fractures occurring between the lesser trochanter and the distal femoral physis in 43 children aged 16 years and younger. Fractures that involved the physis or that were a consequence of gunshot wounds were excluded. There were 25 grade I, 9 grade II, and 9 grade III fractures.