[Treatment of musculoskeletal injuries in children and adolescents during the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010].

Abstract

Treatment of musculoskeletal injuries in children and adolescents during the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 has changed substantially. This is connected both with the increasingly accurate and rapid diagnostics, as well as the emergence of specialized centers. The experiences gained from various centers to help choose the best and most effective method of supplying injuries. To review a set of patterns of conduct in individual locomotor injuries in children and adolescents, from the scene by emergency departments, to establish guidelines for specialist units. A more radical approach to the treatment of fractures can be justified in getting faster and better function, greater comfort without use of plaster casts and a short stay in hospital, which is extremely important for young patients.