title: [Shaft fractures in the growth stage--surgical indications or conservative therapy].
abstract: The treatment of fractures in growing children, especially shaft fractures, is subject to special rules compared to the treatment of such injuries in adult persons. Osteosynthesis is only rarely indicated. Marrow nailing involves great risks at the point where the nail is driven in. Therefore it is not indicated in case of open epiphyseal cartilages.
authors.affiliation: Orthopädische Klinik der Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rettig
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pörschke
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001134:Arm Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods*; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D000072042:Salter-Harris Fractures; D014945:Wound Healing
vernacular_title: Schaftfrakturen im Wachstumsalter--Operationsindikation oder konservative Therapie.