PURPOSE The aim of this study was to observe if the re-fracture rate after forearm both bones was decreased by protecting the forearm with a preventive brace for 6 months following the fracture and by ceasing all physical activities. METHODS We performed a retrospective study in 75 consecutive cases of diaphyseal fracture of both bone of forearms, in 52 boys and 23 girls aged from 6 months to...

INTRODUCTION We report a case of Type 1 Monteggia equivalent injury with intact radio-capitellar congruity, associated with epiphyseal fracture of distal radius and distal ulna shaft in an 11-year-old boy. There are only a few cases of Monteggia or Monteggia equivalent injury with ipsilateral forearm fractures in children, and injury pattern being reported by us is not only rare but also the on...

INTRODUCTION The Galeazzi fracture-dislocation was originally described by Sir Astley Cooper in 1822 but was named after Italian surgeon Ricardo Galeazzi in 1934. It is an injury classified as a radial shaft fracture with associated dislocation of the distal radioulnar joint and disruption of the forearm axis joint. The associated distal radioulnar joint injury may be purely ligamentous in natu...

Ragoo, a Hindu boy. aged 12 years, was admitted on the 15tli May 1880 with compound fracture of the right forearm, of whicli the duration was four days. The fracture was about the middle of the forearm. The accident was caused by a buffalo lifting him up and then dashing him on the ground. On the 24th May 1880 symptoms of tetanus were for the first time detected. On the 6tli of June the report ran

The authors report two cases of concomitant scaphoid and distal radial fractures, a rare combination of lesions in children. The first case was in a 14-year-old boy who presented a midscaphoid fracture associated with a distal forearm fracture. The second case concerned a 13-year-old boy who presented a midscaphoid fracture associated with a Salter type II distal radial fracture. Both fractures...

Paralysis or nerve injury associated with fractures of forearm bones fracture is rare and is more common in exposed fractures with large soft-tissue injuries. Ulnar nerve paralysis is a rare condition associated with closed fractures of the forearm. In most cases, the cause of paralysis is nerve contusion, which evolves with neuropraxia. However, nerve lacerations and entrapment at the fracture...

Background and purpose - Childhood fractures are associated with lower peak bone mass (a determinant of osteoporosis in old age) and higher adult fracture risk. By examining time trends in childhood fracture epidemiology, it may be possible to estimate the vector of fragility fracture risk in the future. Patients and methods - By using official inpatient and outpatient data from the county of S...

Forearm fractures are so common that any improvement (however small) in the patient pathway will be likely to tangibly improve outcomes. This was a thorough systematic review of papers going back to the 1940s and including 4 different languages with 2 reviewers (so we can probably forgive them that there was no independent arbitration of areas of disagreement between them). The results should m...

Rang highlighted many of the practical aspects of caring for children's fractures, including forearm fractures. Contrary to the forearm shaft fracture rotational dogma of others, Rang said, “Immobilize the fracture in the position—any position [rotation]—in which the alignment is correct and the reduction feels stable. He also discussed the value of single-bone internal fixation with a Kirschne...