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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
*Mechanism: usually fall on outstretched hand (FOOSH) | *Mechanism: usually fall on outstretched hand (FOOSH) | ||
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**>15-20 degrees of angulation in younger children | **>15-20 degrees of angulation in younger children | ||
*Otherwise, discharge with ortho follow up in 1 week | *Otherwise, discharge with ortho follow up in 1 week | ||
===Specialty Management<ref>Orthobullets. Forearm Fractures - Pediatric</ref>=== | |||
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| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Shaft / Both bone fracture''' | |||
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Shaft / Both bone fracture''' | |||
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Shaft / Both bone fracture''' | |||
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Distal radius/ulna''' | |||
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| Age||Acceptable Bayoneting||Shaft Acceptable Angulations||Malrotation||Dorsal Angulation | |||
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| < 9 yrs||< 1 cm||15°||45°||30 degrees | |||
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| > 9 yrs.||< 1 cm||10°||30°||20 degrees | |||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Latest revision as of 23:09, 28 November 2019
This page is for pediatric patients. For adult patients, see: forearm fracture
Background
- Mechanism: usually fall on outstretched hand (FOOSH)
- Comprises 45% of all pediatric fractures
- peak incidence 10-12 years of age in girls and 12-14 in boys
Clinical Features
- Point tenderness, swelling, obvious deformity
- Vast majority involve the distal third of the forearm
Differential Diagnosis
Pediatric forearm fracture types
- Diaphysis (20%)
- Metaphysis (62%)
- Distal radius fracture (Colle's)
- Torus fracture
- Distal physis
- Salter-Harris I
- Salter-Harris II
- Salter-Harris III
- Salter-Harris IV
- Fracture with dislocation
Evaluation
Workup
- Radiographs:
- AP and lateral of forearm
- Also consider AP and lateral of elbow and/or hand
Diagnosis
- Clinically evaluate for:
- Non-accidental trauma (Child abuse)
- Puncture wounds over/near fracture site (open fracture)
- Compartment syndrome (rare)
Management
General Fracture Management
- Acute pain management
- Open fractures require immediate IV antibiotics and urgent surgical washout
- Neurovascular compromise from fracture requires emergent reduction and/or orthopedic intervention
- Consider risk for compartment syndrome
Immobilization
- Greenstick and complete fracture
- Sugar tong splint is preferred over simple volar splint
Disposition
- Consult ortho if:
- Rotational deformity
- >10 degrees of angulation in children >8 yr
- >15-20 degrees of angulation in younger children
- Otherwise, discharge with ortho follow up in 1 week
Specialty Management[1]
| Shaft / Both bone fracture | Shaft / Both bone fracture | Shaft / Both bone fracture | Distal radius/ulna | |
| Age | Acceptable Bayoneting | Shaft Acceptable Angulations | Malrotation | Dorsal Angulation |
| < 9 yrs | < 1 cm | 15° | 45° | 30 degrees |
| > 9 yrs. | < 1 cm | 10° | 30° | 20 degrees |
See Also
External Links
References
- ↑ Orthobullets. Forearm Fractures - Pediatric