Intermittent claudications of the hand after supracondylar humeral fracture in a 2-year old boy
Supracondylar humeral fractures (SHF) are the most common fractures associated with concomitant neurovascular injuries in children. Pink pulseless hand (PPH) labels SHF presenting without a pulse in a wellperfused hand. Management of PPH after successful SHF reduction remains controversial. Some a...
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| author | Nora Knez Karmen Jeričević Luka Kelčec Tomislav Vlahek Dino Papeš |
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| description | Supracondylar humeral fractures (SHF) are the most common fractures associated with concomitant neurovascular injuries in children. Pink pulseless
hand (PPH) labels SHF presenting without a pulse in a wellperfused hand. Management of PPH after successful SHF reduction remains controversial. Some advocate „watchful waiting”, whereas others favor early exploration. We present a case of a 2-year-old boy with PPH and intermittent
claudications 6 weeks after successful SHF reduction. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2fbb828e33964371afb2bcdf52ebf2aa2024-04-15T18:34:13ZengHrvatski liječnički zborLiječnički vjesnik0024-34771849-21772023-01-01145Supp 2565610.26800/LV-145-supl2-CR20Intermittent claudications of the hand after supracondylar humeral fracture in a 2-year old boyNora Knez0Karmen JeričevićLuka KelčecTomislav VlahekDino PapešSchool of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, CroatiaSupracondylar humeral fractures (SHF) are the most common fractures associated with concomitant neurovascular injuries in children. Pink pulseless hand (PPH) labels SHF presenting without a pulse in a wellperfused hand. Management of PPH after successful SHF reduction remains controversial. Some advocate „watchful waiting”, whereas others favor early exploration. We present a case of a 2-year-old boy with PPH and intermittent claudications 6 weeks after successful SHF reduction.https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/437269brachial arterychildrenneurovascular injuriessupracondylar humeral fracture |
| spellingShingle | Nora Knez Karmen Jeričević Luka Kelčec Tomislav Vlahek Dino Papeš Intermittent claudications of the hand after supracondylar humeral fracture in a 2-year old boy Liječnički vjesnik brachial artery children neurovascular injuries supracondylar humeral fracture |
| title | Intermittent claudications of the hand after supracondylar humeral fracture in a 2-year old boy |
| title_full | Intermittent claudications of the hand after supracondylar humeral fracture in a 2-year old boy |
| title_fullStr | Intermittent claudications of the hand after supracondylar humeral fracture in a 2-year old boy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Intermittent claudications of the hand after supracondylar humeral fracture in a 2-year old boy |
| title_short | Intermittent claudications of the hand after supracondylar humeral fracture in a 2-year old boy |
| title_sort | intermittent claudications of the hand after supracondylar humeral fracture in a 2 year old boy |
| topic | brachial artery children neurovascular injuries supracondylar humeral fracture |
| url | https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/437269 |
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