Do open (compound) fractures affect children differently than adults?
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Yes. Children's bones are growing and are more pliable than those of adults. For these reasons, a child's fracture is more likely to be treated with a cast than with surgery. Children's movement returns to normal faster than adults' movement does, too, and healing takes place more quickly.
Yes. Children's bones are growing and are more pliable than those of adults. For these reasons, a child's fracture is more likely to be treated with a cast than with surgery. Children's movement returns to normal faster than adults' movement does,... More
