A new closed reduction technique for the treatment of radial neck fractures in children. Export

@article{citeulike:4698638, abstract = {Displaced radial neck fractures in the skeletally immature patient are uncommon and can be difficult to reduce. We describe a new technique for the closed reduction of radial neck fractures in children. One of the authors (R.M.) has used this technique in treating 6 children with displaced radial neck fractures. This was a retrospective review carried out at a tertiary care hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. All charts and radiographs were reviewed. One patient underwent an ultrasound assessment to assist reduction (case 4). Average age of the patients was 9 years and 6 months. Average follow-up was 4.3 months. Closed reduction was successful in all patients. No patient went on to an open reduction. The results in this series using a newly described technique are encouraging, and there is consideration for its continued use.}, author = {Monson, R. and Black, B. and Reed, M.}, citeulike-article-id = {4698638}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181990745}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19305273}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19305273}, doi = {10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181990745}, issn = {1539-2570}, journal = {Journal of pediatric orthopedics}, keywords = {elbow-injury, journal-club-2009}, number = {3}, pages = {243--247}, posted-at = {2009-06-01 12:13:27}, priority = {2}, title = {A new closed reduction technique for the treatment of radial neck fractures in children.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181990745}, volume = {29}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4698638 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4698638 N2 - Displaced radial neck fractures in the skeletally immature patient are uncommon and can be difficult to reduce. We describe a new technique for the closed reduction of radial neck fractures in children. One of the authors (R.M.) has used this technique in treating 6 children with displaced radial neck fractures. This was a retrospective review carried out at a tertiary care hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. All charts and radiographs were reviewed. One patient underwent an ultrasound assessment to assist reduction (case 4). Average age of the patients was 9 years and 6 months. Average follow-up was 4.3 months. Closed reduction was successful in all patients. No patient went on to an open reduction. The results in this series using a newly described technique are encouraging, and there is consideration for its continued use. IS - 3 JF - Journal of pediatric orthopedics SN - 1539-2570 EP - 247 TI - A new closed reduction technique for the treatment of radial neck fractures in children. VL - 29 SP - 243 KW - elbow-injury KW - journal-club-2009 AU - Monson, R AU - Black, B AU - Reed, M PY - 2009///y UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181990745 ER -