Aktug K.Oyar O.Hanci H.Oncag H.2019-10-272019-10-2719941018-52751018-5275https://hdl.handle.net/11454/24055Femoral neck fractures in children are uncommon injuries and are often associated with excessive incidence of complications, such as avascular necrosis. Precise and early close reduction, surgical fixation, long immobilization, delayed weight bearing and late follow up are mandatory to decrease the amount and severity of complication. Between 1990 and 1992, seven cases with this injury were treated at the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology of Ege University Medical School. A prospective study was undertaken to determine the value of MRI in predicting avascular necrosis of the femoral head following femoral neck fractures. MRI was carried out in 7 patients 1 year after first operation. In the MRI Stage I avascular necrosis. All the patients were followed up for at least 1 year. The results indicate that postoperative MRI is useful in children to predict avascular necrosis of femoral head. MRI has been found to be accurate in predicting this complication following femoral neck fractures. It is agreed that MRI have great importance in preparing the medicolegal reports and establishing the prediction of late complication in the follow up of femoral neck fractures of the children.trinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessChildFemoral neck fracturesMedicolegal reportMRIOsteonecrosisArticle1001.Apr9196N/A