Incidence of flexion-type supracondylar fractures at a single Australian level one Paediatric Trauma Centre.

Background: Supracondylar fractures are the most common elbow fracture. There have been no studies published analysing flexion-type fractures in the Australian paediatric population. This paper aims to investigate flexion-type supracondylar fractures in an Australian paediatric population.

The distal radius palmar cortical angle in adolescent versus adult populations.

Purpose: Volar distal radius plates are pre-contoured to aid restoration of anatomy during open reduction internal fixation of distal radius fractures. Incorrectly contoured plates can result in malreduction, leading to malunion, pain, and loss of function. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether adolescent distal radius anatomy on the palmar cortical surface differs from that in adults, in order to determine whether adult plates are suitable for use in adolescents.

A new method of fixation in osteoporotic bone. A preliminary report.

Over-tightening of cortical bone screws in osteoporotic bone results in weak fixation. Once a screw is over-tightened and the bone thread form is stripped, there are limited means at the surgeon's disposal to rescue the situation, none of them entirely satisfactory. We describe a simple device that is specifically designed to resolve this problem.