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Forearm Fracture Case Presentations
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Kansas City, MO
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Case 1
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• 13y 6 mo old pre-menarchal female did a cartwheel in the street and sustained a midshaft radius and ulna fracture. She is RHD.
• Two poke holes were seen volarly on the involved forearm
• Limb neurovascular exam intact
• No other significant past medical history/no previous fractures
• Below 3rd percentile for height and weight
• Lives at teen facility
• Previous cutting behavior, none currently
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• Splinted in the ER and admitted to orthoservice the evening of injury
• Administered Cefazolin q 8 hours
• Brought to the OR in the DOT room (post-call trauma room) the following morning for irrigation and debridement and reduction, possible fixation of the fractures
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• Open wounds were extended and washed out with saline and an 18 gauge angiocath
• After irrigation, the volar compartment was felt to be very tense
• A volar fasciotomy was performed and treated with a negative pressure dressing. No dorsal fasciotomy or carpal tunnel release was felt necessary
• Returned to OR on POD #2 for removal of negative pressure dressing and delayed primary closure of 12 cm X 4cm fasciotomy wound
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2 weeks post op
3 months post op
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• Failed to keep follow up appointments after the 3 month follow up
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Case 2
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• 13 y 2 mo male fell off hoverboard and sustained a Grade 1 open radius and ulna shaft fracture
• Hx of asthma, otherwise healthy
• Limb neurovascular exam intact
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• Given dose of Ancef at initial hospital, and then transferred to CMH for definitive care
• Underwent reduction and casting under sedation in ER
• Wound washed with saline and sterile dressing applied prior to casting
• Admitted to hospital for 48 hours (total) of antibiotics, and then discharged
Post-reduction xrays
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2 week f/u xrays
After wedging
of cast
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After 6 weeks of cast
immobilization
Wound healed
Neurovascular exam intact
Some irritation of the skin under
the cast noted and diagnosed as
“cellulitis”
Treated with oral Keflex
Forearm placed in removable
brace
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3 months post injury
Wearing forearm brace for
sports activities only
Cellulitis resolved
No pain or apparent deformity
Near full rotation of forearm
Discharged from routine ortho
f/u at this time
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Case 3
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9 y 10 mo male falls off
his toy car and sustains a
closed right midshaft
radius and ulna fracture
No other notable PMH
No history of previous
fractures
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Underwent closed
reduction and casting at
outside hospital
Was subsequently seen
at two weeks post injury
for follow up
2 weeks post injury
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4 weeks post injury
Taken out of cast at 4 weeks.
Presented to CMH ER for “2nd
opinion.” Ulnar bowing was
parents’ chief complaint.
Forearm rotation limited to 45
degrees of pronation and 45
degrees of supination. Elbow
flexion/extension normal, and
neurovascular exam intact
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45 days after original injury (6
weeks, 3 days),
underwent closed osteoclasis
of forearm fracture and IM
fixation with flexible titanium
nails (2.0 mm) and long arm
cast
Immediate post op xrays
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2 months post op
Immobilization discontinued 2 months post
surgery
Had 80 degrees of supination and 70
degrees of pronation at this time
Flexible nails were removed 6 months post
op (no xrays from that visit)
Lost to follow up after removal of the flexible
nails
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Case 4
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• 6 y 4 mo RHD male falls from tree, landing on outstretched right arm
• Immediate pain and deformity
• Closed injury.
• NVI.
• Otherwise healthy.
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Closed reduction
performed in the
ER and placed in
long arm cast
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One week post reduction
Cast overwrapped with
fiberglass at this time
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2 weeks post reduction
Noted changing alignment,
close follow up
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• One month post reduction
• Clinical deformity and decreased supination/pronation seen on exam out of cast
• Radius: volar angulation approx 30 degrees
• Ulna: Ulnar angulation approx 20 degrees
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• Plan for repeat closed reduction and casting under anesthesia with possible IM fixation
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• On examination under anesthesia, he could pronate his arm but could supinate only to neutral.
• Fractures manipulated closed, found to be most adequately aligned in supination and extension
• Casted in extension with inclusion of thumb
• No internal fixation utilized
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One week post op (5
weeks post injury)
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3 weeks post op (7
weeks post injury)
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• Six weeks post op (2 ½ months post injury)
• Lacks 10 degrees of full supination and pronation
• Full flexion/extension of elbow
• Increasing callus formation
• Changed over to a forearm splint at this time
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Three months post op (4
months post injury)
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• 4 ½ months post op (5 ½ months post injury)
• Full pronation and supination of forearm
• Full flexion and extension of elbow
• Scheduled for 6 month remodeling check, but did not keep appointment
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Case 5
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• 11 y 2 mo old male fell off a skateboard and sustained a midshaftradius and ulna fracture.
• There was a tiny (1 mm) wound on the volar surface of the forearm which continued to ooze.
• Pt. otherwise healthy. No neurologic or vascular injury to forearm
• Administered cefazolin in ER
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Splinted, admitted, and
brought to OR the
following day for wound
evaluation and fracture
reduction.
Wound was felt to
communicate with radius
fracture.
Washout done with 300cc
fluid and fracture reduced
and casted without fixation
Discharged home after 24
hours of antibiotics post op
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One week after reduction and casting
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5 weeks after reduction and casting
Transitioned to forearm brace
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10 weeks after reduction and
casting
Lacks last 10 degrees of
pronation/supination. No pain.
No apparent deformity.
Instructed to wear his forearm
brace for activities for 2 more
months
Did not return for further F/U
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Case 6
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• 10 y 10 mo RHD male fell while doing a flip on a trampoline and sustained a closed right midshaft radius and ulna fracture
• NVI
• History of asthma, but otherwise healthy
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Underwent closed reduction
and casting in the ER on the
night of injury
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One week post-
reduction
Two weeks post-
reduction
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One month post-
reduction
Two months post-
reduction
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5 months post-reduction
Using a brace for all activities
as is hesitant to take it off
Full pronation and supination
Instructed to use brace for
sports only for one month and
then discontinue brace at 6
months post-injury
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• 6 months and one day after his original fracture and reduction, he was riding his friend’s hoverboard and fell. He was not wearing the brace at the time.
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Post-reduction
views on day of
new injury
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• Cast revised two weeks post re-injury
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• 2 ½ months post re-fracture. Cast removed, and placed back in forearm brace.
• No pain. Full pronation and supination on examination.
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4 months post re-fracture (10
months post initial injury)
Full forearm pronation and
supination
No pain with activities
Uses brace for PE and outdoor
play only
Taking 2,000 units of Vitamin D
daily
Started doing push ups to
increase weightbearing exercise
to upper extremities
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Case 7
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• 11 y 6 mo old RHD male bitten by family dog (German Shepard/Lab mix)
• Dog’s immunizations “up-to-date”
• NVI
• No associated injuries
• Otherwise healthy
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AP and lateral
forearm xray at
referring hospital
on day of injury
Received Ancef
and gentamicin at
OSH. Splinted
and transferred.
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• Started on antibiotics to cover Pasturella and gram negative bacteria (Unasyn and Rocephin)
• Arm wounds dressed and fracture splinted
• Brought to the OR the next morning for irrigation and debridement of wounds with primary closure, and stabilization of the ulna fracture with a flexible IM nail (titanium 2.5 mm)
• Antibiotics continued 48 hours post op
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• Seen one week post injury
• Wounds have some serosanguinous drainage but no cellulitis or purulence
• Neurovascular exam intact
• Wounds dressed and placed in long arm cast
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3 weeks post injury
Wounds healing well.
No drainage.
Clean, closed, and dry.
Pain improved
Converted to a short
arm cast
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• 6 weeks post injury
• Wounds healed
• Minimal pain
• Placed in a cock-up wrist splint which he is allowed to take off for bathing, swimming, and sleeping
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• Now 3 months post injury
• Wounds clean, closed, and dry
• Pain w/palpation of fracture site
• Lacks 10 degrees of full supination/pronation
• Started taking Vitamin D and calcium 9 weeks post op
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• Requires removal of flexible nail and compression plating to resolve ulna non-union
• After that procedure has full rotation of forearm and returns to regular activity
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Case 8
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• 22mo female fell off hammock 1 day prior
• Immediate pain and refusal to use
• Presented to ED as the pain was keeping her awake
• Hx of asthma, otherwise healthy
• Mild clinical deformity, pain with manipulation
• 22 degrees ulna
• 14 degree radius
• Placed in splint
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OR the next day• Apex dorsal deformity,
lacked 45 degrees of full supination
• Apex of the angulation was reduced with slow gradual pressure
• Radial fracture completed
• Long arm cast in full supination
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3 weeks post opRemain in Cast
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6 weeks post op
• Full supination and pronation
• Full elbow flexion/extension
• Released from care
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Case 9
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• 9 y 1 mo old male who was going down a firepole on a playground when he got his left arm caught in a metal grate adjacent to it
• He was dangling with all his body weight hanging by his broken arm
• Left arm neurovascular exam intact
• Otherwise healthy
• Due to swelling, he was splinted and brought in the following week for reduction under anesthesia
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• The following week, he underwent “single bone fixation” of his forearm fracture
• An open reduction of the ulna and intramedullary fixation with a 3.0 mm titanium flexible nail was done
• Placed in a bivalved long arm cast
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3 weeks post op
Cast changed at this visit
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6 weeks post op
Left in waterproof long
arm cast as family was
going on a summer trip to
Florida
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3 months post op
Taken out of his short
arm waterproof cast
Placed in a forearm
brace and allowed to
participate in recess
and PE with brace on
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8 months post op
Has full supination
Lacks last 15 degrees of pronation
Participating in all activities
Ulnar pin subsequently removed
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• 22 months post op, and one month post ulnar pin removal
• Still lacks 10 degrees of pronation, but full supination
• Discharged from care at this visit