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ArchivalUser

04-13-2010, 04:23 AM
Complication of Supracondylar fracture:
A. Brachial artery injury
B. Median nerve injury

UW says, median nerve injury is spared. But in FA step1 p92 clearly shows causing median nerve injury.

ArchivalUser

04-13-2010, 04:25 AM
A...

ArchivalUser

04-13-2010, 04:26 AM
why not B?

ArchivalUser

04-13-2010, 04:36 AM
brachial art > prox to bone,so more afected....risk of compart synd

ArchivalUser

04-13-2010, 04:43 AM
The overall incidence of vascular complications reported is 8-12% . The primary nerve injury rate reported in displaced supracondylar fractures is 20%

see below link
http://www.ispub.com/ostia/index.php?xml...1/oman.xml

ArchivalUser

04-13-2010, 04:45 AM
A..

ArchivalUser

04-13-2010, 05:12 AM
saw part of the ortho journal...but dep...i follow fisher concept...of the 2 possibilities which is THE MOST COMMOM...so i will go for brachial artery for its proximity...i was trying to find de uw q but so many blocks and cant

ArchivalUser

04-13-2010, 06:44 AM
http://www.joint-pain-expert.net/images/...ure001.jpg
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