Supracondylar upper arm fracture in childhood
Link, W.; Hennig, F.; Schmid, J.; Baranowski, D.
Aktuelle Traumatologie 16(1): 17-20
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-6173 PMID: 2870615 Document Number: 268053
For the last 28 years condylar upper arm fractures have been treated at the Department of Surgery of Erlangen University mainly via the extention after Baumann. 182 cases out of 306 were followed up clinically. Extension treatment after Baumann is a technically simple procedure and offers the possibility of continual control and correction of repositioning. Treatment results are good. We could not observe Volkmann's contraction among our patients. Operation does not decisively improve the results, whereas the risk is increased. It should remain restricted to those cases only which cannot be successfully treated by conservative measures.