Corrective osteotomy of malunion of both forearm bones is a challenging procedure because it needs accurate angular and rotational correction of both bones. Recent advances in three-dimensional (3D) p...
Forearm shaft fractures are common injuries, often caused by falling from a fully-upright position or falling off a bike. They can be treated nonoperatively or surgically with intramedullary nailing o...
The study included 201 patients, 30.5% female 69.5% male, aged 1 to 17 years (mean 9.1 years; SD = 3.2), all had been diagnosed with a fracture of the forearm shaft and had been treated surgically wit...
Union was observed in all cases. Mean axial alignment values in AP and LAT X-ray or both the ulna and radius were satisfactory. Axial alignment values were not influenced significantly by age, type of...
The ESIN technique is an effective treatment for forearm diaphyseal fractures in children, with good results regarding reduction and bone healing, indicated by x-ray....
ESWT is a non-surgical treatment option but can also be used in addition to surgical treatment (stabilisation, freshening, defect filling, removal of discomforting osteosynthesis material) for the tre...
Sixty cases were retrospectively studied after application of focused high-energy ESWT with regard to healing rate and consolidation time. The influence of age, location, time of treatment and treatme...
In 70% of the cases, healing occurred after a median of 2.4 months (DBH) and 2.8 months (NU). The median age of healed (DBH 44 y., non-union 35 y.) and non-healed (DBH 51 y., NU 37 y.) did not differ ...
ESWT is equally effective at any stage of a bone healing disorder. The principles of stability and filling of bone defects must also be taken into account when using ESWT; then ESWT alone or combined ...
Despite growing attention to healthcare disparities and interventions to improve inequalities, additional identification of disparities is needed, particularly in the pediatric population. We used sta...
The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project State Inpatient, Emergency Department, and Ambulatory Surgery and Services Databases from four US states and the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample data...
State databases identified 130,006 forearm (1575 open) and 51,979 tibial fractures (1339 open). Surgical treatment was done in 2.6% of closed and 37.5% of open forearm fractures and 7.9% of closed and...
Disparities in pediatric forearm and tibial fracture care persist, especially for Black patients and those with Medicaid; identification of influencing factors and interventions to address them are im...
Fasciotomy, a standard therapy for acute forearm compartment syndrome (AFCS), can prevent serious complications, but there may be significant postoperative consequences. Surgical site infection (SSI) ...
Patients with AFCS who had fasciotomies between November 2013 and January 2021 were recruited. We collected demographic information, comorbidities, and admission laboratory results. Analyses of contin...
Sixteen AFCS patients (13.9%) suffered infections that need further therapy. Using the logistic regression analysis, we identified that patients with a history of diabetes (p = 0.028, OR = 16.353, 95%...
Our results showed that open fractures, diabetes, and TC levels were relevent risk factors for SSI following fasciotomy in patients with AFCS, allowing us to personalize the risk assessment and apply ...
The recommendation on whether to bury or expose the Kirschner wire (K-wire) for the management of fractures has still been controversial with inconsistent results in the published studies due to the p...
We conducted relevant literature searches on Europe PMC, Medline, Scopus, and Cochrane Library databases using specific keywords. This investigation focuses on individuals of any age diagnosed with ha...
A total of 11 studies were included. Our pooled analysis revealed that buried K-wire was associated with a lower risk of pin site infection [RR 0.49 (95% CI 0.36-0.67), p < 0.00001, I2 = 0%] and 33.85...
Buried K-wire may offer benefits in reducing the infection rate with a longer duration until pin removal. However, further RCTs with larger sample sizes are still needed to confirm the results of our ...
A meta-analysis including all relevant randomized controlled trials was conducted to compare soft bandage, splint and cast as the treatment of torus fracture. PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databa...
Re-manipulation of paediatric forearm fractures under general anaesthetic may be required following inadequate closed reduction under conscious sedation. Manipulation under general anaesthetic carries...
All paediatric forearm fractures presenting to the children's emergency department of our national children's hospital between 1 January 2019 and 30 June 2019 were studied. Radius and ulna fractures w...
Three-hundred and nine patients presented during the study period with 267 being eligible for analysis. Fifteen point seven percent (42/267) required fracture manipulation in the operating theatre fol...
There are higher rates of re-manipulation under general anaesthetic in children presenting to the emergency department of our national children's hospital with forearm fractures than seen in comparati...
Norway has a high incidence of forearm fractures, however, the incidence rates based on secondary care registers can be underestimated, as some fractures are treated exclusively in primary care. We es...
Quality assurance study combining nationwide data from 2008 to 2019 on forearm fractures registered in primary care (Norwegian Control and Payment of Health Reimbursement) and secondary care (the Norw...
Forearm fracture diagnoses in patients aged ≥20 treated in primary care (...
Proportion of forearm fractures registered exclusively in primary care, and corresponding injury diagnoses for those registered in both primary and secondary care....
Of 189,105 forearm fracture registrations in primary and secondary care, 13,948 (7.4%) were registered exclusively in primary care. The proportion ranged from 4.9% to 13.5% on average between counties...
An overall small proportion of forearm fractures were registered only in primary care, but it was larger in some areas of Norway. Failing to include fractures exclusively treated in primary care could...
Orthogeriatric co-management (OGCM) describes a collaboration of orthopedic surgeons and geriatricians for the treatment of fragility fractures in geriatric patients. While its cost-effectiveness for ...
