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  • Title: Redisplacement after closed reduction of forearm fractures in children.
    Author: Voto SJ, Weiner DS, Leighley B.
    Journal: J Pediatr Orthop; 1990; 10(1):79-84. PubMed ID: 2298900.
    Abstract:
    Reangulation and displacement after closed reduction of pediatric forearm fractures were reviewed in 90 patients treated with 1978-1984. All fractures were remanipulated and followed to union. No complications occurred and all had a functionally satisfactory result. Both intrinsic and extrinsic factors were identified as contributing to the complication of reangulation/displacement. Nonepiphyseal fractures were safely remanipulated up to 24 days postfracture, with the majority at 1-2 weeks. We conclude that 7% of pediatric forearm fractures treated by closed reduction are subject to reangulation and/or displacement following routine acceptable primary treatment, and that remanipulation provides a safe, effective means to obtain and maintain reduction.
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