Elbow fractures in children

    • Finger fractures - Royal Berkshire

      Fracture Clinic Advice: Finger fractures, March 2020 3 Fracture Clinic Advice: Finger fractures If your fingers are still stiff after 6 weeks, then progress to the following exercises: Bend each of your fingers in turn towards your palm and hold for 3 seconds. With the other hand, push each finger towards your palm and hold for 3 seconds.


    • [PDF File]SPLINTING GUIDE FOR EMS/HOSPITAL PROVIDERS

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      humerus fractures. Distally, frequently used for stable forearm and wrist fractures – provides the most effective immobilization in these areas. A double sugar tong (both proximal and distal at a 90 degree angle at the elbow) can be used to immobilize elbow injuries. DIMENSIONS Width …


    • [PDF File]Splints and Casts: Indications and Methods

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      Sep 01, 2009 · Removable splinting is preferable to casting in the treatment of wrist buckle fractures in children. B 13 RCT ... fractures and serious injuries of the second or third, ... Elbow/forearm Long arm ...


    • [PDF File]Rehabilitation of Proximal Humerus & Clavicular Fractures

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      Jan 25, 2019 · Elbow and wrist ROM immediately after injury ... Functional outcomes following non-operative versus operative treatment of clavicle fractures in adolescents. J ... Ervin RB, Fryar CD, Wang CY, Miller IM, Ogden CL. Strength and body weight in US children and adolescents.


    • [PDF File]Fractures Around the Elbow: A Guide to Recovery

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      Fractures or breaks around the elbow are less common in adults than children, but still occur fairly commonly. The most common parts of the elbow that break are the upper end of the ulna bone, called the olcrenon; the upper end of the radius bone, called the radial head or radial neck or the end of the humerus, called the distal humerus.


    • [PDF File]Fracture Management Overview - OSCEstop

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      Above elbow backslab/cast Radius/ulna Isolated radius/ulna fractures (except Colles/Smiths) are rare and are usually associated with dislocation and, hence, often need surgical fixation Distal radius isolated fracture Below elbow backslab/cast ↘If Colles’ fracture: Colles backslab/cast (below elbow backslab/cast with wrist flexed and ulnar


    • [PDF File]Distal Radius Buckle (Torus) Fractures

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      Consider forearm, elbow and scaphoid radiographs as indicated clinically. 3. AP/lateral wrist x-rays (children 10 yo)12 a. Oblique image will assess for scaphoid fractures at the distal pole. Scaphoid fractures uncommon in children < 10 years old Disposition: a.


    • [PDF File]Buckle Fracture - Children's Hospital Colorado

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      casting for wrist buckle fractures in children. Pediatrics 2006;117:691-7. 4. West S, Andrews J, Bebbington A, Ennis O, Alderman P. Buckle fractures of the distal radius are safely treated in a soft bandage: a randomized prospective trial of bandage versus plaster cast. J Pediatr Orthop 2005;25:322-5. 5.


    • [PDF File]Closed Reduction, Traction, and Casting Techniques

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      – Especially in children with intact periosteum • The soft tissues may disrupt on the convex side & remain intact on the concave side Figure from: Rockwood and Green: Fractures in …


    • Fractures (non-complex): assessment and management

      Definitive treatment of distal radius fractures in children (skeletally immature) 1.4.7 . In children (skeletally immature) with dorsally displaced distal radius fractures (including fractures involving a growth plate) who have undergone manipulation, consider: • a below-elbow plaster cast, or


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