Percutaneous pinning of supracondylar fracture humerus with crossed kirschner wires after closed reduction under image intensifier guidance in paediatric age group

  • Dr. Ravikiran. N. Assistant Professor, Osmania General Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
  • Dr.Veera Reddy G. Assistant Professor, Osmania General Hospital, India
  • Dr. Sundeep Kund A. Assistant Professor, NIMS, Hyderabad, India
  • Dr. Abhinandan Reddy. M. Senior Resident, Osmania General Hospital, India
Keywords: neurovascular - nerve injuries, arterial, myositis ossificans

Abstract

Background: The common pediatric injuries around elbow are supracondylar fractures of humerus. Some of them are displaced - Gartland2 and 3. These fracturesmay causecomplications like deformities and neurovascular problems without reduction and fixation. Percutaneous pinning with crossed k-wires show good results among different method used for treatment.

Method:40 patients between the age groups 2 -10 years were treated with percutaneous pinning with crossed kirschner wires, after closed reduction under guidance of image intensifier(C-ARM). These patient come under Gartland 2&3 according to classification and treated between 2012-2015. The fractures are around seven days old. Flynn’s criteria used for assessing clinical results.

Results: The age groups 2 -10 years were treated with mean age- 5 years. The follow-up duration 2-4 years-mean2 years. The outcomes were assed with Flynn`s criteria and found to be excellent in 28, good in 10, fair in 1,poor in 1.

Conclusion: Percutaneous pinning with crossed k-wires show good results among different method used for treatment for Gartland 2&3 supracondylar fractures in paediatric age.

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DOI: 10.17511/ijmrr.2016.i05.32
Published: 2016-05-31
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N. R, Reddy G. V, Kund A. S, Reddy. M. A. Percutaneous pinning of supracondylar fracture humerus with crossed kirschner wires after closed reduction under image intensifier guidance in paediatric age group. Int J Med Res Rev [Internet]. 2016May31 [cited 2024Nov.8];4(5):850-4. Available from: https://ijmrr.medresearch.in/index.php/ijmrr/article/view/567
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