Osteosynthesis in treatment of diaphyseal fractures of long bones in children

D.S. Musoev

Chair of Traumatology and Orthopedics of the Voronezh State Medical University named after N.N. Burdenko, Russian
Khatlon Regional Hospital named after B. Vohidov, Tajikistan

The article presents the results of treatment 204 children and adolescents (aged 0 to 15 years) with 309 diaphyseal fractures of long bones.

Excellent results were obtained in 95% of cases in children and adolescents with diaphyseal fractures of long bones, good – in 0,4%, satisfactory – in 3,6% and unsatisfactory - in 1,0%.

An important indicator of evaluating the effectiveness of treatment patients with diaphyseal fractures are the average terms of starting functional rehabilitation. Thus, for femur fractures in the first group of patients these terms were 7 weeks, in the second – 7,5 weeks, and in the third – 4 weeks. In the treatment of tibia fractures, these terms were 6; 5,5 and 3,5 weeks, respectively. In the treatment of patients with humerus fractures the start of functional rehabilitation was possible in the second group after 4 weeks, and in the third – after 3 weeks. For forearm bones fractures the average terms of rehabilitation in the second group were 3 weeks, and in the third – 2,5 weeks.

Keywords: osteosynthesis, diaphyseal fractures of long bones.

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