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Fractures in the lower leg are common in children and are most often due to accidental falls. A significant part of the fractures involves the growth plates. This review describes a broad range of techniques for treatment ranging from immobilization in a cast to open reduction and fixation with K-wires, screws, or flexible intramedullary nails.

[The use of skin grafting for the treatment of burn wounds in Denmark 1870-1960].

Beginning around 1879 the efforts to develop methods for treating burn wounds were fuelled by necessity. Before this time no specifik treatment existed. Following the revolutionary work by the Swiss doctor Jacques-Louis Reverdin in 1869, the first skin graft was performed in Denmark in 1870.