Wrist fracture in children.

Distal radius fractures in children are the most common fractures in children. There is no consensus on when and how to treat these fractures. This review summarises the present knowledge. Children have a capacity to remodel and the remodeling of the bone is reverse correlated to the child's age. The remodeling potential allows us to accept some degree of malunion before intervention. Solely a cast applied with a 3-point fixation can treat most distal radius fractures. It is therefore essential to increase focus on educating doctors in applying a correct molded cast. Unstable fractures can usually be fixated with k-wires alone.

Pilot Study and Preliminary Results of Biodegradable Intramedullary Nailing of Forearm Fractures in Children.

(1) Background: Diaphyseal forearm fractures are a common injury in children and adolescents. When operative treatment is needed, elastic stable intramedullary nailing (ESIN) is the most common surgical procedure. Although there is no clear evidence, hardware removal after fracture healing is performed in many patients. Often, the primary minimal invasive incision needs to be widened during implant removal. In order to decrease the burden of care of pediatric fractures, significant efforts were made to develop biodegradable implants, which make hardware removal unnecessary. Our study will conduct an observational trial on the clinical use of the Activa IM-Nail™ in forearm fractures in children between 3 and 13 years of age. The objective of this trial is to evaluate the risks and benefits of the Activa IM-Nail™. Among other objectives, the rate of refracture will be determined. (2) Methods: An international Europe-based, multicenter, prospective, single-arm, open-label study will be performed to ascertain the rate of refracture and to determine the subjective benefits of Activa IM-Nail™ for patients, parents and other caregivers. The study will include clinical follow-up including early post-operative complication, radiographs until bony healing and an additional follow-up after 1 year. At this stage, preliminary results and early complications on 76 patients are analyzed in this study and presented. (3) Results: As of April 2022, 76 patients were enrolled as per study protocol. There were 31 girls (40.8%) and 45 boys (59.2%). The mean age at the time of inclusion was 8.9 years (±2.4 years). The mean operation time was 58.9 ± 22.9 min (range, 15-119 min). The mean follow-up time was 8.9 ± 5.1 months (range, 0.2-18.6). Up to now, one refracture has occurred in one child falling from a height of about one meter 7 months after index surgery (1/76; 1.3%). (4) Conclusion: The research project assesses the safety and effectiveness of Activa IM-Nails™ as part of the surgical treatment of dislocated forearm fractures in children in the context of a PMCF study. The use of Activa IM-Nails™ with regard to various objectives, including postoperative complications and refracture rate, seems to be equal to the standard titan ESIN procedure compared to the literature. Preliminary results are encouraging and are made available.

[Hand injury may provoke development of Dupuytren's disease]. / Håndtraumer kan muligvis fremprovokere udvikling af Dupuytrens sygdom.

The purpose of this paper is to review the literature concerning a possible relationship between acute injury, infection, or operation of the hand and the development of Dupuytren's disease for two centuries. There has been an ongoing documentation of various cases showing this relationship, but no evidence has been presented to permit a definitive conclusion. Through this review we will present a summary of the existing literature and the possible conclusions. There are no original data in this article.

[Trauma as a possible cause of Dupuytren's disease]. / Traume som mulig årsag til Dupuytrens kontraktur.

During two centuries, there has been an ongoing discussion in the literature on whether Dupuytren's disease (DD) can be caused by a single injury to the upper extremity. This paper presents three cases from daily clinical life and draws attention to a possible relationship between specific injury and development of DD.

[Osteoid osteoma in the hip of 12-year-old girl]. / Osteoidt osteom i hoften hos en 12-årig pige.

Osteoid osteoma is a benign skeletal tumour most commonly located in the cortex of long bones and easily diagnosed with distinct symptoms and radiographic appearance. The less common peri-articular location presents a diagnostic difficulty due to its non-specific symptoms and the absence of radiological findings in the early state. This often leads to a delay in the final diagnosis and treatment. A case review of a young girl diagnosed with periarticular osteoid osteoma of the acetabulum is reported.