Aims. Management of displaced paediatric
We report 33 cases of femoral
The aim of this retrospective multicentre study was to report the continued occurrence of compartment syndrome secondary to paediatric supracondylar humeral fractures in the period 1995 to 2005. The inclusion criteria were children with a closed, low-energy
It is unclear whether there is a limit to the amount of distal bone required to support fixation of
Between January 1995 and December 2000, 112 children with a closed displaced
We examined differences in the rate of open reduction, operating time, length of hospital stay and outcome between two groups of children with displaced
We compared two management strategies for the perfused but pulseless hand after stabilisation of a Gartland type III
Recent reports have suggested that a delay in the management of type-III
We describe a method of pinning extension
A series of 26 children was referred to our specialist unit with a ‘pink pulseless hand’ following a
We tested the hypothesis that children who sustain a
Filling the empty holes in peri-articular locking
plates may improve the fatigue strength of the fixation. The purpose of
this in vitro study was to investigate the effect
of plugging the unused holes on the fatigue life of peri-articular distal
femoral plates used to fix a comminuted
Aims.
Symptoms due to a
This annotation discusses the findings of two papers in the current issue describing the management of the neurovascular complications of
In 1980, we developed a specially designed brace for treating
Between 1998 and 2002, 37 neuropathies in 32 patients with a displaced
We performed an audit of 71 children with consecutive displaced, extension-type
Cubitus varus is the most common complication of
We present a method of manipulative reduction, immobilisation and fixation using a U-shaped plaster with the elbow in extension for extension-type