title: [Supracondylar upper arm fracture in childhood].
abstract: For the last 28 years condylar upper arm fractures have been treated at the Department of Surgery of Erlangen University mainly via the extention after Baumann. 182 cases out of 306 were followed up clinically. Extension treatment after Baumann is a technically simple procedure and offers the possibility of continual control and correction of repositioning. Treatment results are good. We could not observe Volkmann's contraction among our patients. Operation does not decisively improve the results, whereas the risk is increased. It should remain restricted to those cases only which cannot be successfully treated by conservative measures.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Link
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hennig
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schmid
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baranowski
mesh_terms: D002370:Casts, Surgical; D002648:Child; D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000209:etiology; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000628:therapy*; D014945:Wound Healing; D000092464:Elbow Injuries
vernacular_title: Die supracondyläre Oberarmfraktur im Kindesalter.