Remodeling of the humerus after supracondylar fractures in childhood.

any reason it is found impossible to achieve this ideal, there are two alternatives: open reduction, or immohilisation in the unreduced position. Open reduction is widely favoured at the present time. It is a common experience, however, that anatomical reduction gained by operation is followed by varying degrees of stiffness of the elbow, often severe and permanent. It is the object of this paper to report a number of cases treated by the second alternative. Here the unreduced position is accepted, provided the alignment is good. The elbow is immohilised in plaster until the fracture is united, and remodelling of the humerus is allowed