Parent and Patient Satisfaction after Treatment for Supracondylar Humerus Fractures in 139 Children: No Difference between Skeletal Traction and Crossed Pin Fixation at Long-Term Followup
Aim. The aim of this study was to see whether the benefits of crossed wire fixation over skeletal traction in the treatment of pediatric supracondylar humerus fractures (SCHF) were mirrored in the children's or their caregivers' rating of the experience. Methods. As part of a study of the...
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| author | Sven Young Jonas M. Fevang Gunnar Gullaksen Per T. Nilsen Lars B. Engesæter |
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| description | Aim. The aim of this study was to see whether the benefits of crossed wire fixation over skeletal traction in the treatment of pediatric supracondylar humerus fractures (SCHF) were mirrored in the children's or their caregivers' rating of the experience. Methods. As part of a study of the clinical outcome of SCHF, all the patients and the parents were asked to rate their experience of the treatment on a visual analogue scale (VAS). Results. There was no difference in the patients' or the parents' experience between the treatment groups. However there was a difference between the parents with children who experienced a neurovascular complication (mean VAS 6.1) and those that did not (mean VAS 4.3, 𝑃=0.03). The boys rated the experience as less negative (mean VAS 3.6) than the girls (mean VAS 4.7, 𝑃=0.02). Conclusion. In the long term, avoiding complications was more important to the parents than the choice of treatment for SCHF in the children. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bdb85a2afd2a462686ed6da8c1dc09792025-02-03T06:06:00ZengWileyAdvances in Orthopedics2090-34642090-34722012-01-01201210.1155/2012/958487958487Parent and Patient Satisfaction after Treatment for Supracondylar Humerus Fractures in 139 Children: No Difference between Skeletal Traction and Crossed Pin Fixation at Long-Term FollowupSven Young0Jonas M. Fevang1Gunnar Gullaksen2Per T. Nilsen3Lars B. Engesæter4Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, 5021 Bergen, NorwayDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, 5021 Bergen, NorwayDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Akershus University Hospital, 1478 Lørenskog, NorwayDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, 5021 Bergen, NorwayDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, 5021 Bergen, NorwayAim. The aim of this study was to see whether the benefits of crossed wire fixation over skeletal traction in the treatment of pediatric supracondylar humerus fractures (SCHF) were mirrored in the children's or their caregivers' rating of the experience. Methods. As part of a study of the clinical outcome of SCHF, all the patients and the parents were asked to rate their experience of the treatment on a visual analogue scale (VAS). Results. There was no difference in the patients' or the parents' experience between the treatment groups. However there was a difference between the parents with children who experienced a neurovascular complication (mean VAS 6.1) and those that did not (mean VAS 4.3, 𝑃=0.03). The boys rated the experience as less negative (mean VAS 3.6) than the girls (mean VAS 4.7, 𝑃=0.02). Conclusion. In the long term, avoiding complications was more important to the parents than the choice of treatment for SCHF in the children.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/958487 |
| spellingShingle | Sven Young Jonas M. Fevang Gunnar Gullaksen Per T. Nilsen Lars B. Engesæter Parent and Patient Satisfaction after Treatment for Supracondylar Humerus Fractures in 139 Children: No Difference between Skeletal Traction and Crossed Pin Fixation at Long-Term Followup Advances in Orthopedics |
| title | Parent and Patient Satisfaction after Treatment for Supracondylar Humerus Fractures in 139 Children: No Difference between Skeletal Traction and Crossed Pin Fixation at Long-Term Followup |
| title_full | Parent and Patient Satisfaction after Treatment for Supracondylar Humerus Fractures in 139 Children: No Difference between Skeletal Traction and Crossed Pin Fixation at Long-Term Followup |
| title_fullStr | Parent and Patient Satisfaction after Treatment for Supracondylar Humerus Fractures in 139 Children: No Difference between Skeletal Traction and Crossed Pin Fixation at Long-Term Followup |
| title_full_unstemmed | Parent and Patient Satisfaction after Treatment for Supracondylar Humerus Fractures in 139 Children: No Difference between Skeletal Traction and Crossed Pin Fixation at Long-Term Followup |
| title_short | Parent and Patient Satisfaction after Treatment for Supracondylar Humerus Fractures in 139 Children: No Difference between Skeletal Traction and Crossed Pin Fixation at Long-Term Followup |
| title_sort | parent and patient satisfaction after treatment for supracondylar humerus fractures in 139 children no difference between skeletal traction and crossed pin fixation at long term followup |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/958487 |
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