title: Percutaneous fixation of supracondylar fractures of the humerus in children.
abstract: Of 1,118 supracondylar fractures of the humerus in children treated over a six-year period, 189 are described with a follow-up of more than two years. These patients were treated with closed reduction and percutaneous fixation of the fragments with two wires. Eighty-five per cent of the final results were satisfactory.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D006811:Humerus / Q000254:growth & development; D000092464:Elbow Injuries