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Read moreYour child will either be treated with a cast or splint, or with an operation.
Read moreEach of these routinely used treatments has potential advantages and disadvantages.
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Read moreThe results will be de-identified and available to you online.
Read moreSCIENCE is a study is trying to improve the treatment of children who have a broken bone in the elbow called an ‘epicondyle fracture’.
In New Zealand, and around the world, doctors treat these injuries in different ways. Half of doctors advise to rest the elbow in a cast or splint and allow it to heal by itself, whilst the other half advise surgery to fix the bone. Despite the number of these injuries, doctors are not sure whether one way of treating them is better than the other because it has never been researched.
Dan, SCIENCE study doctor