BACKGROUND Supracondylar fractures are common in children and are associated with significant morbidity. The purpose of our study was to assess and compare the clinical and radiological outcome of management of supracondylar fractures by both wire configurations, along with identifying factors that predispose to complications. MATERIALS & METHODS We retrospectively reviewed all paediatric cas...

Approximately 1-3% of all human fractures and 5-10% of all long bone fractures occur in the humeral shaft [1,2]. They account for about 20% of all humeral fractures [1]. The humeral shaft is situated between the superior margin of pectoralis major tendon insertion to supracondylar ridges. The incidence of those fractures in population is 14-20/100 000 per year [1]. Their importance is great bec...

INTRODUCTION Supracondylar fractures of the humeral bone are frequent injuries in children. It has been affirmed that supracondylar fractures have an excellent prognosis when proper treatment is applied. OBJECTIVE Present of the statistical relationships between fractures occurring and patient's development period; the relation between development period and site of the fracture and statistic...

BACKGROUND Supracondylar humerus fractures that present with a perfused, viable hand yet no pulse continue to be a source of controversy. The purpose of this study was to conduct a systematic review of the literature and perform a Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA) opinion poll regarding management of pulseless supracondylar humeral fractures in children. METHODS A systema...

Supracondylar humeral fractures are the most common fracture managed with surgical intervention in pediatric population. Academic providers involved orthopaedic resident education must have confidence teams who help to manage these injuries. Surgical simulation of supracondylar provides residents an ideal setting develop and refine their technique a defined level proficiency. Through refinement...

BACKGROUND More than 200,000 children are injured at playgrounds in the United States each year. Our goal was to introduce a composite measure of playground safety and use this instrument to correlate the incidence of supracondylar humerus fractures with playground safety in an ecologic study design. METHODS We used a novel "overall-safety rating," defined as a composite of 3 previously valid...

INTRODUCTION Simultaneous supracondylar humerus fracture and ipsilateral fracture of the proximal humerus in children is rare. CASE PRESENTATION A 10-year-old Turkish boy with an extension type supracondylar humerus fracture and ipsilateral fracture at the proximal metaphyseal-diaphyseal junction of the humerus was treated by closed reduction and percutaneous Kirschner wire fixation. Closed r...

Although nerve injuries occur commonly with pediatric upper extremity fractures, there is very little existing literature to guide management of those that do not recover during routine fracture healing and follow-up, even less guidance available regarding the choice diagnostic tests such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequences, electromyography (EMG), conduction velocities, (NCV), ultras...

Background: Supracondylar humeral fracture is probably the most common elbow in children requiring surgical intervention. We observed a subtype of pediatric supracondylar with sideward translation, without substantial displacement sagittal plane on initial radiographs. The purpose this study was to calculate incidence and suggest modification standard operative technique, achieve desired alignm...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to investigate the epidemiology of paediatric patients sustaining supracondylar humeral fractures, to identify common mechanisms of injury and to corroborate the anecdotal evidence that fractures occur more frequently during school holidays. METHODS All paediatric patients who presented to the accident and emergency department with a supracondylar distal ...