Nerve injuries and treatment management in supracondils humerus fractures (gartland type 2 and type 3 fractures)

Supracondylar humerus fractures are the most common fractures in children. Nerve injuries after supracondiller humerus fractures are around 12-20%. The aim of this study was to share our experience with nerve injury incidence and treatment management in Gartland Type 2 and Type 3 supracondylar humerus fractures. In this study, patients who were operated for supracondylar humerus fracture between 2015 and 2017 were included. Supracondylar humerus fractures were classified according to the Gartland classification system. Type of fracture, surgical treatment, nerve in jury, and recovery time of this nerve injury were evaluated. A total of 40 patients with Ga rtland Type 2 and Type 3 supracondylar humeral fractures were included in the study. 28 of the patients were male and 12 were female. There were 12 patients with Glandland Type 2 fracture and 28 patients with Gartland Type 3 fractures. Nerve injury occurred in 8 patients. 3 of them had nerve injury after fracture. 5 patients who had nerve injury occurred after surgical intervention. According to the data obtained from the study, most of the nerve injuries occurred in supracondylar humerus fractures spontaneously recovered in 4-6 months