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Methods: A retrospective descriptive observational study was conducted for all trauma patients admitted with femoral shaft fractures between January 2012 and December 2015 at the only level 1 trauma center and tertiary hospital in the country. Data were analyzed and compared according to the time to intervention (intramedullary nailing; IMN), MOI, and age groups. Main outcomes included in-hospital complications and mortality. Results: A total of 605 hospitalized cases with femur fractures were reviewed. The mean age was 30.7 \u00b1 16.2 years. The majority of fractures were unilateral (96.7%) and 91% were closed fractures. Three-fourths of fractures were treated by reamed intramedullary nailing (rIMN), antegrade in 80%. The pyriform fossa nails were used in 71.6% while trochanteric entry nails were used in 28.4%. Forty-five (8.9%) fractures were treated with an external fixator, 37 (6.1%) had conservative management. Traffic-related injuries occurred more in patients aged 14\u201330 years, whereas fall-related injuries were significantly higher in patients aged 31\u201359. Thirty-one patients (7.8%) had rIMN in less than 6 h post-injury, 106 (25.5%) had rIMN after 6\u201312 h and 267 (66.8%) had rIMN after more than 12 h. The implant type, duration of surgery, DVT prophylaxis, in-hospital complications, and mortality were comparable among the three treatment groups. Conclusions: In our center, the frequency of femoral fracture was 11%, and it mainly affected severely injured young males due to traffic-related collisions or falls. Further multicenter studies are needed to set a consensus for an appropriate management of femur fracture based on the MOI, location, and timing of injury.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph18115916","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,31]],"date-time":"2021-05-31T21:42:06Z","timestamp":1622497326000},"page":"5916","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["Patterns, Management, and Outcome of Traumatic Femur Fracture: Exploring the Experience of the Only Level 1 Trauma Center in Qatar"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Syed Imran","family":"Ghouri","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mohammad","family":"Asim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinical Research, Trauma and Vascular Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fuad","family":"Mustafa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Trauma Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5882-9055","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ahad","family":"Kanbar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Trauma Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mohamed","family":"Ellabib","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Trauma Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hisham","family":"Al Jogol","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Trauma Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mohammed","family":"Muneer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nuri","family":"Abdurraheim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Trauma Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Atirek Pratap","family":"Goel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Trauma Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Husham","family":"Abdelrahman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Trauma Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hassan","family":"Al-Thani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Trauma and Vascular Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2584-953X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ayman","family":"El-Menyar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinical Research, Trauma and Vascular Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar"},{"name":"Department of Clinical Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e31","DOI":"10.2106\/JBJS.N.00314","article-title":"Estimating the Global Incidence of Femoral Fracture from Road Traffic Collisions","volume":"97","author":"Meara","year":"2015","journal-title":"J. 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