A 1-year-and-9-month-old child has a fractured femur. After receiving cast fixation treatment, when can they remove the cast and begin to walk?

Five-year-old child with humerus fracture and dislocation seeks treatment advice.

Removing the cast on a child’s fracture usually does not cause displacement, as children’s fractures are greenstick fractures, not completely broken, and children are in a peak growth and development phase, which can heal in about 3 weeks.