Percutaneous pinning in displaced supracondylar fracture of humerus in children.
BACKGROUND
Supracondylar fracture of humerus is the most common fracture in first decade of life. There are various treatment modalities for this fracture i.e closed reduction and casting, open reduction and internal fixation and percutaneous pinning. Study was conducted to know the outcome of Percutaneous Pinning in the management of displaced supracondylar fracture of humerus in children.


METHODS
This study was conducted at orthopedic unit of Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar from January 1996 to December 2000. Twenty children of 3-12 years age with displaced supracondylar fracture (Gartland type II & III) of humerus were included. Outcome measures were according to Flynn criteria i.e loss of elbow motion & carrying angle.


RESULTS
The children presenting were 14 male (70%) and 6 females (30%). The involved side was left in fifteen(75%) and right in five(25%) of patients. Nineteen patients (95%) had extension type & one patient (5%) had flexion type of fracture. Gartland type II were six (30%) & type III were fourteen (70%). Our result showed excellent outcome in thirteen (65%), good outcome in four (20 %) and poor outcome in three (15 %) patients.


CONCLUSIONS
Percutaneous pinning is safe, cost effective, time saving and provides greater skeletal stability with excellent results.
Shoaib
Muhammad
M
Orthopedics Department, Ayub Teaching Hospital, Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Sultan
Shahid
S
Sahibzada
Sohail Ahmed
SA
Ali
Azmat
A
D001858:Bone Nails; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D011859:Radiography; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D000092464:Elbow Injuries