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The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 88-B, Issue 3 | Pages 358 - 361
1 Mar 2006
Prathapkumar KR Garg NK Bruce CE

Several techniques are available for the treatment of displaced fractures of the neck of the radius in children. We report our experience in 14 children treated by indirect reduction and fixation using an elastic stable intramedullary nail. The patients were followed up for a mean of 28 months. One developed asymptomatic avascular necrosis. The rest had excellent results. One had a neuropraxia of the posterior interosseous nerve, which recovered within six weeks. We advocate elastic stable intramedullary nailing for the closed reduction and fixation of these fractures in children.