Failure analysis and recommendations for treatment of posttraumatic non-unions of the distal humerus during childhood.

Purpose: Non-unions of the distal humerus are rare complications of common children's fractures such as radial condyle fractures and supracondylar fractures. The aim of this paper was to update the knowledge about etiology, reasons, management, and results of these troublesome, and sometimes debilitating entities.

Methods: The sparse literature concerning nonunions following condylar or supracondylar fractures was analyzed together with the presentation of some typical clinical cases.