Forearm fractures in children: avoiding redisplacement.
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
We reviewed eighty-six children with closed extra-articular distal forearm fractures to determine the factors responsible for early redisplacement. The most important favourable prognostic factor was a perfect anatomical reduction on the immediate post-reduction radiograph. This was far more likely when the manipulation was performed by an experienced surgeon.
Medical subject headings
- Manipulation, Orthopedic
- Radius Fractures
- Ulna Fractures