Abstract
Out of the patients with fractures of the radial head and neck in children treated in Minamata City Hospital during 7-year period from 1981 to 1988, nine were available for follow-up assessment. One was radial head fracture and eight, radial neck. The average age was 10.7 years, with a range from four to thirteen years. One patient with radial neck fracture was treated by open reduction and internal fixation, and eight by closed reduction. The rusults were rated clinically, and all were with good results. We think that most fractures can be treated by closed means which should be tried even in those cases with complete displacement.
