Open AccessOsteosynthesis with Kirschner wires in the treatment of unstable forearm fractures in children
Author(s) -
M Dusan Maric,
Dušan Petković,
Vladimir Tomašević,
Ljubomir Bajić,
R Djordje Gajdobranski,
Aleksandar Marcikic
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
medicinski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1820-7383
pISSN - 0025-8105
DOI - 10.2298/mpns0204140m
Subject(s) - medicine , forearm , percutaneous pinning , kirschner wire , osteosynthesis , fixation (population genetics) , surgery , reduction (mathematics) , percutaneous , orthodontics , internal fixation , population , geometry , environmental health , mathematics
Forearm fractures make 13-18% of all injuries of the upper extremities in children. Most of them are older than 6 years. The degree of tolerance is different but children younger than 8 years can tolerate 15-20 degrees of angulation, 45 degrees of inadequate rotation and total displacement. Older children can tolerate angulation of 10 degrees, 30 degrees of inadequate rotation and complete dislocation.