What are the myths about treating pediatric fractures?

Myth 1: Pediatric fractures are the same as adult fractures. People tend to think that pediatrics are a microcosm of adults, so they tend to apply the views of adult orthopedics to deal with it, however, people ignore the fact that pediatrics are constantly growing and developing, and their bones are different from those of adults. Myth 2: Pediatric fracture to see the general hospital orthopedics can be. Due to the uneven development of pediatric orthopedics, many pediatric fractures and traumas are treated by adult orthopedic surgeons, which is fine for simple children’s fractures, but for children’s proprietary complex fractures, which often require specialized pediatric orthopedic surgeons to diagnose and treat. Myth 3: Fractures do not heal well. Because children are constantly growing and developing, most fractures can be treated with manipulative repositioning, so that some fracture deformities heal and correct themselves, and for some misalignments of the extremities can be corrected automatically within one to two years. Myth 4: Rely on conservative treatment. Some parents think that pediatric fracture healing is fast, but ignore some of the need for timely surgical treatment of fractures, such as epiphyseal fracture, intra-articular fracture and so on. Myth 5: Pediatric fractures need surgery. Due to the progress of science and technology and the improvement of the patient’s requirements, some of the past can not or do not need surgery of the fracture, now also take surgical treatment, the indications for surgery has a tendency to relax, some of the parents think that children’s fracture surgery after the fracture will heal faster, and often ask the doctor to operate as soon as possible. Myth 6: Pediatric fracture surgery is complicated and dangerous. With the continuous understanding of the healing mechanism after pediatric fracture and the continuous development of orthopedic instruments, the treatment method has been greatly improved. Myth 7: Pediatric fracture healing will have sequelae. Generally, timely and effective treatment of fractures of the limb backbone will not leave sequelae, but some of them have deformities due to damage to the growth structure (epiphyseal plate), and deformities and unequal limb lengths can often be found after half a year. Myth 8: Pediatric fractures take 100 days to heal. Due to children’s growth spurt, for adults may be 2 months to 3 months to heal the fracture in children may be 1 month to reach the standard of healing, and the quality of bone healing is better than adults. Myth 9: Pediatric fracture to take more bone-setting drugs. Bone-setting drugs generally have the effect of activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, for teenagers can be appropriate to eat, for young children often can not be absorbed, and even produce certain side effects, specific should be under the guidance of the doctor to take drugs. Myth 10: pediatric fracture to eat more bone soup. Parents think that eating more bone soup can make the bones grow faster, in fact, there is no need, bone soup has too much fat, children can not be fully absorbed, pay attention to the usual diet, eat more vegetables and animal and plant proteins can be.