الفهرس 
Anatomy
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Abstract
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION upracondylar fractures of the humerus in children continue to possess treatment challenges for the surgeon. In this study 21 child who suffered from supracondylar fracture of the humerus presented to orthopedic department of Tanta university and El-helal hospital in Cairo from April 2021 to November 2021. All patients were treated by closed reduction and internal fixation with posterior intrafocal pinning from posterior cortex and one or two lateral kirshner wires. The mean age was 5years 6 months ranged from (3-13) years, 12 patients were females (58%) and 9 patients were males (42%),17 patients had their fracture as a result of falling on outstretched hand (81%) and 4 patients had their fractures as a result of falling from height (19%), the time from injury to surgery range between (5-48) hours, According to Gartland classification all cases were extension type, 15 of them were type II (71%), 6 were type III (29%), operative time range was (30-90) minutes, the follow up period was 6months average. According to Flynn’s criteria, 11 patients had excellent results, 7 patients had good results, 2 patients had fair results and 1 patient had poor results. Patients were rapidly mobilized after pin removal (3 - 6) weeks.