Are supracondylar fractures of the humerus prone to necrosis?



Supracondylar humerus fracture is generally not prone to necrosis, but there is a risk of necrosis when there is severe vascular injury and untimely treatment.

Clinical necrosis after fracture is mostly related to the special anatomical structure, because of its special anatomical structure, the surrounding itself lacks blood transportation, which is easy to cause necrosis, while supracondylar humerus fracture is rich in blood transportation in this location, most of them will not cause necrosis.

Supracondylar humerus fracture is usually prone to complicate nerve and blood vessel injury, as well as adhesion and ankylosis of the elbow joint. After determining the nerve and blood vessel injury, timely surgical treatment is needed, and most of them will not cause necrosis, but for the blood vessel injury, improper or untimely treatment also has the risk of necrosis.

After the supracondylar fracture of humerus, you should go to the hospital in time, improve the examination under the guidance of the doctor, determine the damage of blood vessels and nerves, and carry out timely treatment to prevent the occurrence of ischemic necrosis and other complications.