Treatment of Severe Displaced Supracondylar Fracture of Humerus by Combined Ameliorative External Fixation / 广州中医药大学学报

ABSTRACT

【Objective】External fixation for supracondylar fracture of humerus is improved for the effective prevention of cubitus varus.【Methods】Sixty-eight patients with severe displaced supracondylar fracture of humerus was fixed by medial-lateral splint and elastic rubber ring,with elbow fixed in flexion and supination and near the chest by plaster support.【Results】 The results of follow-up showed that 68 patients were clinically cured,and the rate of cubitus varus was 2.9%,which was lower than that by other methods reported in domestic literatures.【Conclusion】This kind of fixation has the advantages of fixing the fracture firmly,keeping good para-position,preventing rotation displacement,counteracting gravitation-induced ulnar deviation and reducing the occurrence of cubitus varus.