Without proper treatment, the bone has a higher risk of growing irregularly and not match the other bone pair. A common surgery procedure is called reduction to move the bone back in place, screws or wires may be placed to secure the area. After, a cast will hold the bone in the correct place while it heals just like most fractures. Physical therapy should be assigned by a pediatrician after healing to strengthen the bone. Most often if the injury was properly treated, there will be not long term complications but if so then special treatment is in order. If the bone stops growing, one of the treatments could be to as something in the bone to grow such as a metal rod and have frequent check-ins to increase it to even them out until the other growth plate ossifies. If for some reason the injury increased growth, which is possible, and a bony bridge forms align the fracture, doctors will remove the bony bar and add other materials like fat to prevent
Without proper treatment, the bone has a higher risk of growing irregularly and not match the other bone pair. A common surgery procedure is called reduction to move the bone back in place, screws or wires may be placed to secure the area. After, a cast will hold the bone in the correct place while it heals just like most fractures. Physical therapy should be assigned by a pediatrician after healing to strengthen the bone. Most often if the injury was properly treated, there will be not long term complications but if so then special treatment is in order. If the bone stops growing, one of the treatments could be to as something in the bone to grow such as a metal rod and have frequent check-ins to increase it to even them out until the other growth plate ossifies. If for some reason the injury increased growth, which is possible, and a bony bridge forms align the fracture, doctors will remove the bony bar and add other materials like fat to prevent