Abstract
Pediatric long bones have some different characteristics including thicker periosteum, better blood supply, shorter healing time, and higher remodeling capacity than the adult bone. Therefore, most fractures are treated conservatively with traction or casting. However, the prolongation of the treatment can cause “casting disease,” which manifests as joint stiffness, muscle weakness, and disuse osteopenia [1]. Prolonged treatment also prevents parents from working and children from going to school. The cost of treatment with external fixation is lower than treatment with traction in hospital and hospital/home (Hedin 2004).
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Bilgili, F. (2018). Treatment of Pediatric Fractures with Ilizarov’s Method. In: Çakmak, M., Şen, C., Eralp, L., Balci, H., Civan, M. (eds) Basic Techniques for Extremity Reconstruction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45675-1_13
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