Comparative Study of Cross and Lateral Fixations on Supracondylar Humerus Fracture among Children

[摘要] Background: Management of Gartland type III supracondylar humerus fractures is conduc­ted by open and closed repositioning. An ade­quate re­p­o­sition and a stable and accurate fixation are des­perately needed to prevent fixation failure, defor­mi­ty, and complication. The study aims to com­pa­re the clinical and radiological results bet­ween crossed and lateral fixation techniques. Subjects and Method: The study was a retro­s­pective study toward Gartland type III SCHF children in Dr. Soetomo Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia from 2013–2016. The dependent vari­able is Supracondylar hu­me­rus fracture. Independent variables were the type of fixation option, clini­cal functional test, degrees of satisfactory, and radiology evalua­tion. The radiology para­me­ter used was Skaggs criteria. An observation was conducted for the occurrence of complications in the form of infection and peripheral nerve injury. All data were analyzed using Kolmogorov Smirnov and Fischer exact test. Results: The study discovered 28 patients consisted of 20 males and 8 females with an age range from 3 – 13 years old with an average age in crossed fixation group was 7.6 years and in lateral fi­x­ation was 4.7 years. The injury sides were 46.4% right elbow and 53.5 % left elbow. Among the cros­sed fixation group, there were 54.5 % left elbow and 45.5 % right elbow. Among lateral fix­a­tion group, there were 50% left side and 50% right side. There was no significant difference in cli­nical fun­ctions, radiology as well as com­pli­ca­tion in the form of infection and peripheral ner­ves injury. Conclusion: There is no difference of functional clinical, radiology result as well as post-surgery com­plication in the form of infection and peri­phe­ral nerves injury between crossed fixation tech­nique and lateral fixation technique.

[学科分类] 眼科学

[关键词] Supracondylar Humerus Fracture;K-wire fixation;K-wire;Lateral Approach;Complication