Children with distal radius fractures face some of the same complications as adults, including malunion, compartment syndrome and acute carpal tunnel syndrome, but these complications are much rarer.

Fractures of the distal radius in children are commonly grouped into four categories (Figure 1): Buckle (torus) fractures are characterized by a compression failure of bone without ...

Fractures of the distal radius are the most common fracture in childhood 1 and a frequent reason for visits to the emergency department. 2 Although such fractures are often angulated at the time of ...

For more information on this research see: The Financial Burden of Nonoperatively Treated Pediatric Distal Radius Fractures: Medical Debt In Privately Versus Publicly Insured Patients. Journal of ...

Since it is close to the wrist joint, this type of fracture is often called as wrist fracture. Distal radius fracture is one of the most common fractures seen by orthopedic surgeons with an ...

The incidence of childhood distal forearm fractures has risen significantly in boys and girls in the last 30 years, according to researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. This news has ...

Why this is important:- Torus fractures of the distal radius are among the most common fractures in children but management varies widely between immediate discharge from the emergency department to ...

Does the reliability of this four category classification of distal radius fractures in children vary when applied by raters of different ... Pediatrics. Plastic Surgery. Psychiatry. Public Health.

*Numbers total more than 522 because some children had more than one exclusion criterion. R = randomization. Figure1 | Cast versus splint in children with minimally angulated fractures of the distal ...