Presentation
History of trauma.
Patient Data
Age: 3.7 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Supracondylar fracture
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Minimally displaced supracondylar fracture.
No elbow joint dislocation.
Small volume joint effusion.
Moderate periarticular soft tissue thickening seen.
Please note that lateral view of elbow could not be performed.
From the case:
Supracondylar fracture
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Internal fixation using two Kirschner wires laterally. The wires are unburied.
Satisfactory alignment and anatomic reduction.
Limb in plaster of paris.
No complicating features.
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Follow up study reveals mild callous formation with satisfactory alignment.
The unburied Kirschner wires shows no complicating features.