Suspect with any forearm injury having a mild angular deformity, swelling, and pain.
Establish mechanism of injury, which is often a fall on outstretched hand with some ro...
Prehospital:
Ice to affected region for pain control and swelling
Splint in comfortable position using:
Air splint or board.
Tape.
Rolled towels.
Emergency department (ED) treatmen...
With greenstick fractures of the forearm, clinical follow-up and radiographs obtained at 2 to 6 wk postinjury reduce overall care costs and radi...
Flynn JM, Skaggs DL, Waters PM, eds. Rockwood and Wilkins’ Fractures in Children. 8th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2015.
Mencio GA, Swiontkowski MF, eds...
Examine surrounding bones/joints closely for accompanying injuries such as a both-bone forearm fracture or a Monteggia-variant fracture/dislocation.
Incomplete fractures, like the green...
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