TOTBİD Dergisi

TOTBİD Dergisi

2019, Cilt 18, Sayı, 4     (Sayfalar: 301-304)

Characteristics of pediatric fractures

İlker Abdullah Sarıkaya 1

1 Ortopediatri Çocuk Ortopedi Akademisi, İstanbul

DOI: 10.14292/totbid.dergisi.2019.39
Görüntüleme: 621
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The risk of sustaining a fracture for boys aged 0 to 16 years has been reported to be from 40% to 64%, and for girls, 25% to 40%. Wolff `s law states that bone remodels according to the stress placed across and the deformity in the plane of motion of a joint will have greater potential to remodel. Delayed union, nonunion, refracture, myositis ossificans and joint stiffness are rare in children with respect to adults. Immature bone is weaker in bending strength but absorbs more energy before fracture and this may cause plastic (permanent) deformation. Torus fractures include a spectrum from mild plastic deformation of one area of the cortex to complete fractures. In a greenstick fracture, the cortex in tension fractures completely and the cortex and periosteum in compression remain intact but undergo plastic deformation.

Anahtar Kelimeler : pediatric fractures; remodelation; plastic deformation; torus fracture; greenstick fracture