Outcome after pin fixation of supracondylar humerus fractures in children: postoperative radiographic examinations are unnecessary: A retrospective study of 252 Gartland-III and 12 flexion-type supracondylar humerus fractures
Background and purpose — The quality of pin fixation of displaced supracondylar humerus fractures in children has not been assessed, and the clinical value of radiographic examinations after pin fixation is unclear. We evaluated pin configuration, quality of osteosynthesis, and outcome in 264 suprac...
Main Authors: | Noora Tuomilehto, Reetta Kivisaari, Antti Sommarhem, Aarno Y Nietosvaara |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Medical Journals Sweden
2017-01-01
|
Series: | Acta Orthopaedica |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2016.1250058 |
Similar Items
-
9 years’ follow-up of 168 pin-fixed supracondylar humerus fractures in children
by: Noora Tuomilehto, et al.
Published: (2018-05-01) -
Preoperative Prediction of Gartland IV Supracondylar Fractures of Humerus: Is it Possible?
by: Sitanshu Barik, et al.
Published: (2021-06-01) -
Minimally invasive treatment of Gartland type humerus supracondylar fracture
by: Li Yongben, et al.
Published: (2024-02-01) -
Reproducibility of the AO/ASIF and Gartland classifications for supracondylar fractures of the humerus in children
by: Igor Tadeu Silveira Rocha, et al.
Published: (2015-06-01) -
‘‘Hands as Foots” in the Wilkins Modification of Gartland's classification of supracondylar fractures of the humerus in children
by: Risong Na, et al.
Published: (2021-06-01)