Results of comparative study of fractures fixed with DCP and nailing

The treatment methods of the fractures of humerus are treated in many ways. Interlocking nails and plates have both stood the test of time but the present study looks at both methods scientifically. Prospective, comparative study. This study was carried out at Ghazi Medical College, D.G.Khan from 07.01.2013 to25.02.2015. A total of 40 patients were included in the study. It was a, study of two groups of patients of fractures of humerus treated with dynamic compression plate versus with interlocking nails. Fractures in both groups healed uneventfully without significant complications. Both modes of treatment can be recommended for the treatment of fractures of the shaft of Humerus with minimal chances of complications

comparative study of cross and parallel Kirschner-wires fixation in Gartland type-III supracondylar fracture of humerus in children

To compare the anatomical and functional results of open reduction and internal fixation of supracondylar fracture of humerus in children with parallel and cross K-wire fixation and to determine the best method of fixation, preventing complications. A comparative study. This study was conducted in Orthopaedics department, District Head Quarter Hospital Dera Ghazi Khan from March 2011 to September 2011. Forty consecutive patients from 4 to 10 years of age [mean age of 6.4 years] with Gartland type-III supracondylar fractures of humerus, received in the emergency department were included in the study. In this study, patients from 4 to 10 years of age were included. Their mean age was 6.4 years. Their age distribution is shown in Graph-1. Highest numbers of patients were from 6 to 7 years of age. Those were 17 [42.5%]. The mean age of the patients in which fracture was fixed by parallel Kirschner wires, was 6.2 years and the mean age of the patients in which fracture was fixed by cross Kirschner wires, was 6.6 years. On the basis of above mentioned findings and review of the available literature, the conclusion of this study is that cross Kirschner wires configuration is more safer and stronger mode of fixing all Gartland type-III supracondylar fracture of humerus in children