Distal Forearm Fractures in Children. Complications and Surgical Indications

Overview

Journal Orthop Clin North Am

Specialty Orthopedics

Date 1993 Apr 1

PMID 8479730

Citations 9

Authors

T E Dicke

J A Nunley

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Abstract

Appropriate indications for operative management of pediatric distal forearm fractures include: 1. Compartment syndrome for fasciotomy. 2. Open fractures for irrigation and debridement. 3. Soft tissue/nerve entrapment. 4. Displaced intra-articular physeal fractures. 5. Displaced or angulated fractures when the patient is close to skeletal maturity. 6. Correction of physeal arrest with malalignment or malrotation. 7. Gross displacement with cosmetic deformity.

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