The routine cutoff displacement of 2 mm may not reliably reflect the stability of paediatric lateral humeral condyle fractures✰

The routine cutoff displacement of 2 mm may not reliably reflect the stability of paediatric lateral humeral condyle fractures^✰

Injury. 2021 Oct;52(10):3179-3180. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2021.07.017. Epub 2021 Jul 11.

¹ Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Department of Paediatric Orthopaedics, Paediatric Division, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Electronic address: leoreporting@yahoo.co.uk.
² Higher Orthopaedic Trainee, Department of Trauma & Orthopaedics, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
³ Clinical Fellow, Department of Trauma & Orthopaedics, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

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Keywords: Elbow trauma; Lateral condyle fracture; Lateral humeral condyle fracture; Paediatric trauma; Pediatric trauma; Ultrasound.