Isolated distal radius fractures in children

Volume: 30 Number: 3 September 11, 2006
  • Hakan Omeroglu
  • Ahmet Ucaner
  • A. Tabak
  • Bilgehan Ata
  • Ali Bicimoglu
  • Ugur Gunel
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Isolated distal radius fractures in children

Abstract

Isolated distal radius fractures (with or without a greenstick fracture of ulna) in children have a significant rate of loss of correction, if treated by manipulation and casting alone. This study included 52 patients (54 fractures) whose average age were 10.9 years and who were treated because of isolated fracture of distal radius (epiphyseal or metaphyseal) at the 3rd Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology of Ankara Numune Hospital. 50 patients were treated by manipulation and a long arm cast initially. Of these 50 patients, 3 (6%) had an initial inadequate reduction and 15 (30%) had a loss of position between 5 and 30 days after reduction. There were 16 males and 2 females with an average age of 12.3 years (7-15). Of these 18 patients, 15 were treated by open reduction and internal fixation, 2 by closed reduction and casting under general anesthesia and 1 by percutaneous Kirschner wiring. After an average follow-up of 10.5 months (3-18 months), all patients had satisfactory results both clinically and radiologically. In conclusion, isolated distal radius fracture in children are essentially unstable, and if manipulation and casting fails, closed or open reduction and fixation should be the choice of treatment.

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Hakan Omeroglu This is me

Ahmet Ucaner This is me

A. Tabak This is me

Bilgehan Ata This is me

Ali Bicimoglu This is me

Ugur Gunel This is me

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September 11, 2006

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March 6, 2014

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Year 1996 Volume: 30 Number: 3

DOI

https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v30i3.1992

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https://izlik.org/JA29ZN39GC

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APA
Omeroglu, H., Ucaner, A., Tabak, A., Ata, B., Bicimoglu, A., & Gunel, U. (2006). Isolated distal radius fractures in children. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 30(3), 278-281. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v30i3.1992
AMA
1.Omeroglu H, Ucaner A, Tabak A, Ata B, Bicimoglu A, Gunel U. Isolated distal radius fractures in children. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;30(3):278-281. doi:10.3944/aott.v30i3.1992
Chicago
Omeroglu, Hakan, Ahmet Ucaner, A. Tabak, Bilgehan Ata, Ali Bicimoglu, and Ugur Gunel. 2006. “Isolated Distal Radius Fractures in Children”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 30 (3): 278-81. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v30i3.1992.
EndNote
Omeroglu H, Ucaner A, Tabak A, Ata B, Bicimoglu A, Gunel U (September 1, 2006) Isolated distal radius fractures in children. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 30 3 278–281.
IEEE
[1]H. Omeroglu, A. Ucaner, A. Tabak, B. Ata, A. Bicimoglu, and U. Gunel, “Isolated distal radius fractures in children”, Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 278–281, Sept. 2006, doi: 10.3944/aott.v30i3.1992.
ISNAD
Omeroglu, Hakan - Ucaner, Ahmet - Tabak, A. - Ata, Bilgehan - Bicimoglu, Ali - Gunel, Ugur. “Isolated Distal Radius Fractures in Children”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 30/3 (September 1, 2006): 278-281. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v30i3.1992.
JAMA
1.Omeroglu H, Ucaner A, Tabak A, Ata B, Bicimoglu A, Gunel U. Isolated distal radius fractures in children. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;30:278–281.
MLA
Omeroglu, Hakan, et al. “Isolated Distal Radius Fractures in Children”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 30, no. 3, Sept. 2006, pp. 278-81, doi:10.3944/aott.v30i3.1992.
Vancouver
1.Hakan Omeroglu, Ahmet Ucaner, A. Tabak, Bilgehan Ata, Ali Bicimoglu, Ugur Gunel. Isolated distal radius fractures in children. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006 Sep. 1;30(3):278-81. doi:10.3944/aott.v30i3.1992