Forearm fractures in children: avoiding redisplacement.
We reviewed eighty-six children with closed extra-articular distal forearm fractures to determine the factors responsible for early redisplacement. The most important favourable prognostic factor was a perfect anatomical reduction on the immediate post-reduction radiograph. This was far more likely when the manipulation was performed by an experienced surgeon.
Haddad
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FS
University College Hospital, London, UK.
Williams
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RL
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008349:Manipulation, Orthopedic / Q000379:methods*; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000628:therapy*; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014458:Ulna Fractures / Q000628:therapy*