Treating fractures: Children are not miniature adults
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 12:33
in Health & Medicine
Treating fractures in children requires special knowledge of growth physiology. Incorrect treatment of bone fractures in child and adolescent patients is less often caused by technical deficiencies than by a misjudgement of the special conditions in this age group. Using the example of treating fractures of the upper limb, Ralf Kraus from the Marburg-Giessen University Medical Centre, and Lucas Wessel, University Medical Centre Mannheim, report in the current issue of Deutsches Aerzteblatt International what should be borne in mind when diagnosing and treating fractures in children, and providing aftercare. They point out possible therapeutic errors and outline strategies to avoid these (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2010; 107(51-52): 903-910)...