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2968111

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-7-29
pubmed:abstractText
Fractures of the lateral humeral condyle run a great risk of subsequent displacement. This is also true--although to a lesser extent--for primarily non-displaced or minimally displaced (less than or equal to 2 mm) fractures. The present retrospective investigation aimed at defining radiographic criteria in order to predict the stability of non-displaced or minimally displaced fractures in 159 children. The fractures were classified according to radiographic criteria into 3 groups considered to represent stable, ambiguous and unstable fractures. Additional displacement while immobilized in plaster occurred in 2.6 per cent of the fractures classified as stable and in 44.4 per cent of those classified as unstable (p less than 0.001); in the ambiguous group subsequent displacement occurred in 24.1 per cent. It is concluded that the radiographic criteria should be useful to predict the stability of non-displaced or minimally displaced fractures of the lateral humeral condyle in children.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0284-1851
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
367-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Prediction of the stability of minimally displaced fractures of the lateral humeral condyle.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, St. Göran's Children's Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article