Supracondylar Fractures (Subscribe)  

Nine children sustained a second fracture of the distal humerus after union of an ipsilateral supracondylar fracture which had healed with cubitus varus. There were eight boys and one girl with a mean age of five years (1 to 8) at the time of the second fracture which occurred at...

Supracondylar Elbow Fractures: Pediatric
Kathryn Cramer MD
OTA Basic Fracture Course Expert

Two K-wires of size 1.6 to 2.0 mm were introduced from lateral and medial side in crossed fashion. Ulnar nerve was protected by pushing it posteriorly during medial pinning.
Conclusion: Percutaneous crossed K-wire pinning after closed manipulation in supracondylar extension type III fracture of the humerus is a reliable and safe method of...

Supracondylar fractures are the most common elbow fractures in children. The standard treatment for many years has been to treat Type 3 fractures as an emergency with closed reduction and percutaneous pinning the same day as presentation. The rationale behind treating Type 3 fractures the same day, was to avoid an...

Supracondylar Humeral Fractures Classification
James F. Kellam, MD
OTA Basic Fracture Course Expert

Supracondylar Humeral Fractures ORIF Expert

Author: Mark A Noffsinger, MD 2007, Updated August 2009
Distal humerus fractures in adults are relatively uncommon injuries, representing only approximately 3% of all fractures in adults. In a study from Massachusetts General Hospital of 4536 consecutive fractures in adults seen in the Massachusetts General Hospital emergency department, only 0.31% were...

OTA 2002 - Session 10 Session X - Upper Extremity Sun., 10/13/02 Upper Extremity, Paper #64, 10:16 AM Treatment of High-Energy Supracondylar/Intercondylar Fractures of the Distal Humerus Lisa K. Cannada, MD , Mary B. Zadnik, OTR/L; Walter Andrew Eglseder, MD; University of Maryland Medical Center, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore,...