[Treatment of fractures in the elbow region in children using the Fragment Fixation System--initial experience]

In child traumatology among implants an irreplaceable place is held by Kirschner wires. An improved version of this implant is the Orthofix Fragment Fixation System (FFS) of Kendall Co. which combines the advantages of Kirschner wires with the compressive properties of a screw. During the past two years at the Clinic of Child Surgery and Traumatology in Brno by osteosynthesis, using FFS implants, a total of 21 patients were treated incl. 19 under the age of 15 years. On account of injuries of the elbow 15 children were treated (radial physis of the humerus--9x, ulnar epicondyle--4x, fracture of the ulnar olecranon--2x). The authors present an account of the hitherto assembled favourable experience and results of this method in the treatment of injuries of the elbow in children.