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Abstract
Femoral-shaft fractures are among the most common fractures of the lower extremity in children, with an annual incidence of up to 1 per 5,000. Diaphyseal fractures of the femur (DFF) are common long-bone injuries in children and adolescents. DFF represent 1.5% of fractures in childhood. There is a bimodal age distribution with two peaks of incidence, that is, one in the toddler age group and one in adolescence. Boys suffer from DFF more often than girls. The age of the studied group was (7.7±1.6) years ranged from 6 to 10 years, half of the group (50.0%) had age ranged from 6 to 8 years and (50.0%) ranged from 8 to 10 years. Most (72.2%) of the studied group were males and (27.8%) of them were females.Regarding the affected side, (61.1%) of the studied group were right sided affected and (38.9%) of them were left sided this might be explained by leg dominance. middle femur was the commonest fracture level (50.0%) of the studied group followed by proximal level (27.8%) and (11.1%) had distal fracture level.The transvers fracture was the commonest fracture type (66.7%) of the studied group followed by oblique fracture (22.2%) and (11.1%) had spiral fracture.