[Diagnosis and treatment of tubular bone fractures complicated by defective consolidation of bone fragments in children and adolescents].

Over 3500 cases of long bone fracture in children and adolescents were analysed by objective methods including USG, CT, osteodensitometry, thermography, polarography, and radionuclide studies. A group of patients with delayed consolidation of bone fragments was distinguished based on the results of clinical and instrumental investigations. Diagnostic criteria and early signs of delayed consolidation were established. Methods for the treatment of such children were improved taking into account localization of the fracture, clinical signs of delayed consolidation and its underlying causes.