title: [Fractures of the distal end of the humerus in children (author's transl)].
abstract: This study reports on follow-up controls of 53 children with fractures of the humerus near the elbow-joint. 31 children had supracondylar fractures, 11 condylar fractures and 11 other lesions of the lateral epicondylus. The examination was carried out with special attention to functional aspects. A new own method for measuring the flexion force of the elbow is described. Baumanns angle and the dia-epiphyseal angle were taken into consideration when examining the X ray pictures. We obtained the best results when treating supracondylar fractures by Baumann's extension method. All condylar fractures should be operated on. The follow-up results were also excellent in the operatively fixed fractures of the lateral epicondylus.
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002648:Child; D004550:Elbow / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Nachuntersuchungen ellenbogengelenksnaher Humerusfrakturen bei Kindern.