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Pediatric Supracondylar Fracture of Humerus Wheeless
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Description: Wheeless'in children, supracondylar frxs typically remains extra-articular & involves thin bone between coronoid fossa & olecranon fossa of distal humerus;
- frx line angles from anterior distal point to posterior prox site;
- in adults, supracondylar frx of humerus may be intra-articular;
- frx occurs most often around age 6-7 years;
Textbook of Orthopaedics
Type: Reference Material
Author/Contact: Wheeless
Institution: Duke
Primary Subject/Category:
- - OCOSH Classification: Trauma: Fractures: Elbow Fractures: Supracondylar
- - OCOSH Classification: Trauma: Fractures: Humeral Fractures: Supracondylar Fractures
- - Orthopedic Topics: Trauma: Humerus
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Added: Mon Feb 04 2002
Last Modified: Sat Nov 07 2009