title: Medical thermography (digital infrared thermal imaging - DITI) in paediatric forearm fractures - A pilot study.
abstract: Trauma is the most common cause of hospitalisation in children, and forearm fractures comprise 35% of all paediatric fractures. One-third of forearm fractures are distal forearm fractures, which are the most common fractures in the paediatric population. This type of fracture represents an everyday problem for the paediatric surgeon. The three phases of fracture healing in paediatric trauma are associated with skin temperature changes that can be measured and then compared with standard plain radiographs of visible callus formation, and eventually these methods can be used in everyday practice. Thermographic assessment of temperature distribution within the examined tissues enables a quick, non-contact, non-invasive measurement of their temperature. Medical thermography is used as a screening method in other parts of medicine, but the use of this method in traumatology has still not been researched.
authors.affiliation: General Hospital Karlovac, Karlovac, Croatia. Electronic address: selenacurkovic@gmail.com.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ćurković
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Antabak
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Halužan
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Luetić
authors.affiliation: Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Prlić
authors.affiliation: Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Šiško
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017523:Croatia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005543:Forearm Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017102:Fracture Healing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013817:Thermography / Q000379:methods; D014458:Ulna Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
keywords: DITI; Forearm fractures; Medical thermography; Paediatric trauma