TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Injuries of the Pelvis and Lower Extremities A1 - Canty, Greg A1 - Nilan, Laura A2 - Tenenbein, Milton A2 - Macias, Charles G. A2 - Sharieff, Ghazala Q. A2 - Yamamoto, Loren G. A2 - Schafermeyer, Robert PY - 2019 T2 - Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 5e AB - Traumatic pelvic fractures require high-energy trauma, thus look for other associated injuries.Reduction of a hip dislocation should take place within 6 hours of the injury.Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease is an idiopathic avascular necrosis (AVN) of the femoral head.A spiral femur fracture in a nonambulatory infant or child suggests child abuse.Distal femoral epiphyseal fractures in children can cause lower extremity growth disturbances.Spiral tibial shaft fractures are termed toddler’s fracture in those just learning to walk.The most common fracture of the talus is in the neck, which occurs from forced dorsiflexion. This injury is often complicated by AVN.Lisfranc fracture occurs at the base of the second metatarsal, where the stability of the midfoot is maintained.The Jones fracture is a metatarsal neck fracture distal to the apophysis of the base of the fifth metatarsal. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1155296291 ER -