Fracturas diafisarias de antebrazo : estudio clínico

The results obtained in 268 cases presenting with diafisar}· fracture of the forearm, double or isolated in radius or ulna, at the same or different leve!, including fractures of Monteggia and Galeazzi, are here presented. In this series 169 out of the 268 cases wcrc children 89%. of them treated orthopedically and 11 % quirurgically, 7'Yo with intramedullary nailing, 0'8% with screwd plates and 3'2% using thc both latter techniques. In thc 99 adults presenting these fractures, orthopedical treatment was only adopted in 33'3% of the cases and 66'7% were treated quirurgically, using screwed plates in 53, intramedullary nailing in 7 and combined techniques in 9. Global results in children wer…