[Surgery of pathologic fractures of the metacarpal bones in children].

The experience with the use of a method of bone plasty developed by the authors in the treatment of 13 children with a pathologic fracture of metacarpal bones is summarized. In follow up of from 1 to 6 years, the complete reconstruction of a transplant with replacing the defects by bone tissue which do not differ in structure from the own one was noted. A hand function restored to the full volume.

[Osteoplastic operations in the treatment of tumors of finger phalanx bones in children].

In the article is proposed the method of treatment of finger phalanx tumors in children, localized in the area of growth zones. By application of the proposed method the authors operated on 12 children aged 3-15 years in connection with the benign tumors of finger phalanx bones. Long-term results were followed up with all patients during 1-5 years.

[Complications of hematogenous osteomyelitis of the long bones].

On the basis of clinical observations and statistical processing of the case records of 1549 children who were treated for acute and chronic forms of hematogenous osteomyelitis, the authors revealed the causes of transition of the acute process to the chronic form in the different long bones and orthopedic complications.

[Effect of the osteomyelitic process on bone growth in children and its correction].

The article is devoted to the results of the treatment of 264 children with hematogenic osteomyelitis. The analysis of the changes of the extremities length growth depending on the children's age, the form of the disease, the localization of the osteomyelitic process and the administered treatment is presented. The authors have proposed a new method of stimulating the growth of the shortened tubular bones in cases of difference in the length of the extremities up to 3 cm in the children of the younger age group.