My 4 year old son just broke his arm and he has been in the hospital
waiting room for about 5.5 hours. When the bone is set, it will likely
be closed reduction. Does the amount of time between injury and
reduction have an effect on the difficulty of reduction or its chances
for success? If so, what is it?

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Request for Question Clarification by welte-ga on 24 Jul 2005 15:39 PDT

Which part of the arm was broken?  What type of fracture was it?

           -welte-ga