TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - The incidence of neurologic injury in pediatric forearm fractures requiring manipulation
JO  - Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics. Part B
A1  - Bell, Christopher James
A1  - Viswanathan, Sameer
A1  - Dass, Shailendra
A1  - Donald, Geoff
SP  - 294
EP  - 297
VL  - 19
IS  - 4
N2  - This study sought to evaluate the incidence of neurologic injury in children referred for manipulation in our hospital. A retrospective chart analysis of the first 100 children to be referred with a fracture of any segment of the radius and/or ulna was performed. The incidence of neurologic injury was found to be 15.6%. Neurological injury occurs most frequently with distal physeal fractures with an incidence of 37%. Clinicians require a high index of suspicion when evaluating forearm fractures. If neurologic injury is missed at initial assessment, the child may not receive a prompt reduction, thus increasing the likelihood of long-term sequelae.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1060-152X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -