Journal of children's orthopaedics
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To determine the influence of the time from injury to surgery of Type III supracondylar fractures on operative duration and quality of reduction. ⋯ There was no difference in the operative duration demonstrated between IST <8 h and IST >8 h. This failure to demonstrate a difference should not be interpreted as demonstrating equivalence. This study does not conclude that all displaced supracondylar fractures should be delayed, though it does inform the surgeon that, if compelled to delay surgery, this series did not demonstrate an increased risk of complications, nor a worsened quality of reduction.