Acute plastic bowing fractures in children

Acute Traumatic Fibular Bowing Associated with Ankle Fracture

“…Delayed tibial fracture consolidation has been reported in cases of plastic fibular deformity associated with tibial diaphyseal fracture in adults [7]. Since growth plates in this patient were closed, no remodeling of the fibular deformity -as reported for younger children [1,2,4,5] -was observed during follow-up. A periosteal reaction was observed on the concave side of the fibular deformity; this has also been found in bowing associated with tibial diaphyseal fractures [2,3].…”

“…Acute traumatic fibular bowing associated with tibial diaphyseal fracture has been reported both in children [1][2][3][4][5] and in adults [6,7]. We report on a case of traumatic fibular bowing associated with ankle fracture in a teenage girl.…”

Traumatic bowing and Galeazzi fracture-dislocation--a report of 2 children

“…Galeazzi injuries are caused by a combination of hyperpronation and axial loading (Albert and Engber 1990, Letts andRowhani 1993, Wilkins andO'Brien 1996). Forearm-bowing fractures in children are usually caused by axial loading (Chamay 1969, Borden 1974, 1975, Naga and Broadrick 1977, Demos 1980, Komara et al 1986, Povacz 1989. Both mechanisms seem to be involved in our 2 patients.…”

“…The indications for reducing bowing fractures depend mainly on the patients' age (Borden 1974, 1975, Naga and Broadrick 1977, Rydholm and Nilsson 1979, Demos 1980, Schild et al 1983, Sanders and Heckman 1984, Kienitz and Mandell 1985, Komara et al 1986, Scheuer and Pot 1986, Attia and Glasstetter 1989, Nimityongskul et al 1991, van den Wildenberg and Greve 1993, Reisch 1994. In children of less than 4-6 years, reduction of angulations of more than 20° is advised.…”

Traumatic bowing deformities in tubular bones

“…Since Borden's original report, he [8] and others [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] have reported on additional cases of APBD in bone (Table 1). It is now known that although APBD does occur more frequently in [9] 1990 Ulna Albert and Engber [10] 1974, 1975 Borden [3,8] Ulna, radius Bowen [12] 1983 Clavicle 1978…”