Right Arm bone broken

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Asked for Male, 8 Years

This is for my young 8 yr old cousin who broke his arm while playing yesterday 24th Jan around 6 pm. We took him to a hospital and they have done temporary plaster on the arm with the support. Need urgent help. Please see the attached picture of the X-RAY.

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Dr. Mohit Garg

Joint Replacement Surgeon 6 yrs exp Bathinda

Dont take this fracture lightly It usually requires surgery

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Dr. Arun Varghese Jacob

Orthopedist and Traumatology Specialist 9 yrs exp Ernakulam

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That s a supracondylar fracture that has to operated for optimum results.. Please get admitted at a good ortho centre for the same . Treatment of choice would be closed/open reduction +k wire pinning