Routine radiographs at time of pin removal after closed reduction and percutaneous pinning for type 2 supracondylar humerus fractures do not change management: A retrospective cohort study | Zendy

Sumeet Garg | Zendy; Nikki Bloch | Zendy; Micaela Cyr | Zendy; Patrick M. Carry | Zendy

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Routine radiographs at time of pin removal after closed reduction and percutaneous pinning for type 2 supracondylar humerus fractures do not change management: A retrospective cohort study

Author(s) -

Sumeet Garg,

Nikki Bloch,

Micaela Cyr,

Patrick M. Carry

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of children s orthopaedics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.638

H-Index - 36

eISSN - 1863-2548

pISSN - 1863-2521

DOI - 10.1007/s11832-016-0744-6

Subject(s) - medicine , radiography , percutaneous pinning , reduction (mathematics) , humerus , surgery , elbow , percutaneous , retrospective cohort study , demographics , bone healing , geometry , mathematics , demography , sociology

Radiographs are usually taken on day of pin removal for children treated with closed reduction and percutaneous pinning (CRPP) of type 2 supracondylar humerus fractures. The purpose of this study was to determine whether radiographs taken at time of pin removal for patients recovering uneventfully alter management.

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