Gartland’s type III supra condylar fracture of humerus in children treated with open reduction and internal fixation with cross k-wire fixation: A prospective study

To evaluate the short term results of open reduction and internal fixation with cross k-wires in type iii supracondylar fracture of humerus in children in our setup. patients & methods: this prospective study was conducted at department of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology,liaquat university of medical & health sciences,jamshoro from march 2012 to march 2014. total forty-seven patients with type iii supracondylar fracture humerus were evaluated in this series. all were treated with open reduction & internal fixation with cross k-wires. the children followed regularly and the cosmetic and functional results assessed according to the flynn criteria. results: the mean age in our series was 7.4 years. there were 35 boys and 12 girls. the most common mode of injury 72.34% was fall during play. in 95.75% of our cases injury was extension type and in 4.25% flexion type. grade i pin tract infection was noted in only 3 patients. 69% cases have excellent cosmetic and functional results,22% were having good cosmetic and functional results according to flynn criteria. conclusion: open reduction and internal fixation with cross k-wires produce excellent to good results in gartland type iii supracondylar fracture especially in the areas where image intensifier facilities are limited. © 2015,liaquat university of medical and health sciences. all rights reserved.