A new method to correct rotational malalignment for closed reduction and percutaneous pinning in pediatric supracondylar humeral fractures | Zendy

Ali Turgut | Zendy; Ahmet Murat Aksakal | Zendy; Alpaslan Öztürk | Zendy; Savaş Öztaş | Zendy

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A new method to correct rotational malalignment for closed reduction and percutaneous pinning in pediatric supracondylar humeral fractures

Author(s) -

Ali Turgut,

Ahmet Murat Aksakal,

Alpaslan Öztürk,

Savaş Öztaş

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.586

H-Index - 28

eISSN - 2589-1294

pISSN - 1017-995X

DOI - 10.3944/aott.2014.13.0031

Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous pinning , reduction (mathematics) , kirschner wire , percutaneous , deformity , surgery , cubitus varus , humerus , orthodontics , internal fixation , geometry , mathematics

Open reduction is often necessary for the treatment of supracondylar humeral fractures in children in which rotational malalignment cannot be corrected by closed means. We introduce a new closed reduction technique for the correction of this deformity using a Kirschner wire as a joystick.

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