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		<journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">J Korean Soc Fract</journal-id>
		<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">JKSF</journal-id>
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			<journal-title>Journal of the Korean Society of Fractures</journal-title>
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		<issn pub-type="ppub">1225-1682</issn>
		<publisher>
			<publisher-name>The Korean Fracture Society</publisher-name>
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		<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.12671/jksf.1998.11.3.634</article-id>
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				<subject>Original Article</subject>
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			<article-title>Treatment of Supracondylar Fracture of the Humerus in Children: by Early Closed reduction &#x0026; K-Wire Fixation</article-title>
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			<contrib contrib-type="author">
				<name>
					<surname>Shim</surname>
					<given-names>Jong Sup</given-names>
				</name>
				<xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1"></xref>
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			<contrib contrib-type="author">
				<name>
					<surname>Oh</surname>
					<given-names>Won Hwan</given-names>
				</name>
				<xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1"></xref>
			</contrib>
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		<aff id="A1">Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Samsung Medical Center Sugnkyunkwan University, College of Medicine, Korea.</aff>
		<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
			<month>07</month>
			<year>1998</year>
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		<pub-date pub-type="epub">
			<day>23</day>
			<month>06</month>
			<year>2016</year>
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		<volume>11</volume>
		<issue>3</issue>
		<fpage>634</fpage>
		<lpage>643</lpage>
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			<copyright-statement>Copyright &#x00A9; The Korean Fracture Society</copyright-statement>
			<copyright-year>1998</copyright-year>
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		<abstract>
			<p>
				 We treated supracondylar fracture of the humerus in children by early closed reduction and K-wires fixation using two lateral parallel K-wires for partially displaced fractures(Gartland Ib, II) and three K-wires,two lateral and one additional medial crossed K-wire for type III fractures. This study is to analyze our method for the treatment of supracondylar fracture of the humerus in children. Sixty-two fractures(4 type Ib, 20 type II and 38 type III) underwent K-wires fixation
				after closed reduction of the fracture from October 1994 to April 1997 were included in this study. The patients age ranged from 2 years and 2 months to 12 years and 7 months, averaging 6 years and 2 months. All the fractures were treated within 24 hours after arrival in the hospital. After general anesthesia, each fracture was reduced manually and fixed by K-wires under
				fluoroscopic control. Two lateral parallel K-wire were used for fixation of all type Ib and II fractures. We tried to keep the gap between two K-wires be 1 cm or more. In type III fractures, fractures were fixed by two parallel lateral K-wires and followed by one medial crossed K-wire. The K-wires were removed after averaging 3.2 weeks after operation in out patient clinic. The follow-up period ranged from 6 months to 34 months. averaging 14 months. By Flynn's functional and cosmetic criteria, 37 fractures (97.4%) among 38 type III fractures resulted in satisfactory criteria. All of the type I and II fractures (100%) resulted in satisfactory criteria. In conclusion, our decision is considered as safe and reliable option for the treatment of supracondylar fractures of the humrus in children.</p>
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				<kwd>humerus</kwd>
				<kwd>supracondylar fracture</kwd>
				<kwd>early closed reduction and K-wire fixation</kwd>
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