Forearm Fractures
A 7-year-old boy presents after falling off his bicycle with pain and deformity of his left forearm. Radiographs show both-bone forearm shaft fractures with 20 degrees of angulation in the plane of motion at the mid-diaphyseal level. There is no rotational malalignment. The fractures are closed with intact neurovascular status. Regarding pediatric forearm shaft fractures:
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Acceptable angulation depends on age and fracture location; younger children and fractures closer to...
Rotational malalignment does NOT remodel and must be corrected; clinical rotation can be assessed by...
Rotational malalignment remodels completely with growth; angular deformity never remodels; older chi...
Indications for surgical fixation include open fractures, compartment syndrome, irreducible fracture...
Complications include malunion (most common, limiting rotation), compartment syndrome (must monitor ...
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