Obese children more likely to have complex elbow fractures, further complications
Monday, February 10, 2014 - 17:00
in Health & Medicine
Pediatric obesity is currently an epidemic, with the prevalence having quadruped over the last 25 years. Among other complications, obese children who sustain a supracondylar humeral (above the elbow) fracture can be expected to have more complex fractures and experience more postoperative complications than children of a normal weight, research shows.