Comparison of clinical effects of various external fixation for the treatment of humeral supracondylar fracture

To compare clinical effects and the incidence rates of cubitus varus in displaced humeral supracondylar fractures treated with different kinds of external fixation. Among 226 children with displaced humeral supracondylar fractures, 134 patients were male and 92 patients were female, ranging in age f...

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Published inZhongguo gu shang Vol. 22; no. 3; p. 190
Main Authors He, Ben-xiang, Zhang, Bin, Tan, Ya-jun
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published China 01.03.2009
Subjects
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Fracture Fixation - methods
Humans
Humeral Fractures - surgery
Male
Manipulation, Orthopedic
Splints
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Summary:To compare clinical effects and the incidence rates of cubitus varus in displaced humeral supracondylar fractures treated with different kinds of external fixation. Among 226 children with displaced humeral supracondylar fractures, 134 patients were male and 92 patients were female, ranging in age from 5 to 12 years, with an average of 8.58 years. After manipulative reduction, the patients were treated with three kinds of external fixation: the 88 patients (51 males and 37 females, ranging in age from 5.1 to 12 years) in Group A were treated with double external fixations of small splint and moulding splint; 74 patients (44 males and 30 females, ranging in age from 5 to 11.8 years) in Group B were treated with small splint; and 64 patients (39 males and 25 females, ranging in age from 5.5 to 12 years) in Group C were treated with plaster slab. The indexes such as healing time of fractures, the functions of elbow joint and cubitus varus were observed. The clinical effects and the incidence rates of cubitus var
ISSN:1003-0034