Abstract

VEGA FERNANDEZ, Enrique; TORREZ HERNANDEZ, Manuel E  and  MARTINEZ MESA, Javier. Supracondylar extension fracture of the elbow in children. Rev Cubana Ortop Traumatol [online]. 2006, vol.20, n.2, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3100.

The supracondylar fracture of the humerus in children is very frequent in the first decade of life and it needs an adequate treatment to obtain a satisfactory result in a bone under formation. A total of 34 patients admitted in the Orthopedic Service of the Teaching Children's Hospital of Centro Habana in a period of 36 months were studied aimed at evaluating the results, according to Flynn's criteria. Average age was 8.2 years old. There was a predominance of males (73.5 %), and the left arm was the most affected (67.6 %). In accordance with Garland's classification, 12 type II patients (35.3 %) and 22 type III patients (64.7 %) were found. The most used treatment was the closed reduction and the immobilization with plaster. The results were excellent in 56 % of the cases. The most common complication was cubitus varus (20.5 %).

Keywords : supracondylar fractures; treatment; children.

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