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  • Int Orthop · Feb 2009

    Treatment of pink pulseless hand following supracondylar fractures of the humerus in children.

    • A V Korompilias, M G Lykissas, G I Mitsionis, V A Kontogeorgakos, G Manoudis, and A E Beris.
    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, 45110, Greece.
    • Int Orthop. 2009 Feb 1; 33 (1): 237-41.

    AbstractAlthough acute vascular injury is a common complication in children with severely displaced supracondylar humeral fractures, the management of patients with a pink pulseless hand still remains controversial. Between 1994 and 2006, 66 children with displaced supracondylar fractures of the humerus were treated. Five patients had an absence of the radial pulse with an otherwise well perfused hand. In one patient, radial pulse returned after closed reduction of the fracture. In four patients, open reduction and vascular exploration was required. Three patients had brachial artery occlusion because of thrombus formation. Thrombectomy was performed, which led to the restoration of a palpable radial pulse. In one patient with open fracture, brachial artery contusion and spasm were found, and treated by removal of adventitia. Surgical exploration for the restoration of brachial artery patency should be performed, even in the presence of viable pink hand after an attempt at closed reduction.

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