[Reduction by revolving and bending elbow and fixation with paper splints for the treatment of supracondylar fracture of humerus].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate curative effect of the treatment on the extension type supracondylar fracture of humerus by revolving, and bending elbow and fixing with paper splint.


METHODS
Thirty-five children with supracondylar fracture of extension type included 26 boys and 9 girls with an average age of 5.8 years, ranging from 2.5 to 10 years. The tine from injury was 0.5 to 18 hours. The elbows were flexed in 90 degrees, forearm was rotated, and fixed with paper splint.


RESULTS
According to the elbow joint functional evaluation of JOA: 25 patients had 100 scores, 5 patients had 95 to 99 scores, 3 patients had 90 to 94 scores, 2 patients had the scores lower than 90.


CONCLUSIONS
The manual reduction and external fixation with paper splints is easily handled, and it can increase the success rate of restoration steadily and safely.
Wang
Hong-Jie
HJ
Fengsheng Chinese Traditional Medicinal Traumacologe and Orthopaedic Hospital, Beijing 100032, China.
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004550:Elbow; D016267:External Fixators; D005260:Female; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D013165:Splints