{"title":"Modified Supine Position for Pediatric Elbow Supracondylar Fracture Fixation","authors":"S. Muthian, S. Girgis, B. Balbisi","doi":"10.29011/jomsr-117.100017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29011/jomsr-117.100017","url":null,"abstract":"Supracondylar fractures make up nearly 18% of all paediatric fractures [1]. Closed pinning, introduced by Swenson in 1948 is the most common treatment for displaced Gartland Type II and III fractures [2]. The commonest position is supine, with the child’s body along the edge of the table and arm either on the hand table or just on the C-arm. Lateral and prone positions have also been described [3].","PeriodicalId":233521,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Orthopedics & Muscular System Research","volume":"83 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126684455","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}