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Children's Wisconsin offers same-day care for broken bones at locations across southeast Wisconsin. For emergency care: If your child's broken bone has severe pain, bleeding, or the bone is bent the wrong way; go straight to our emergency room.
Children’s Wisconsin offers same-day care for broken bones at locations across southeast Wisconsin. For emergency care: If your child’s broken bone has severe pain, bleeding or the bone is bent the wrong way, go straight to our emergency room. An orthopedic specialist is always on call.
Our program provides multidisciplinary care to infants, children, adolescents, and young adults with a wide variety of conditions in the shoulder, arm, elbow, wrist, and hand. To make an appointment, call Central Scheduling at (414) 607-5280.
What are the treatment options? The treatment of forearm fractures in children is based on the location, type of fracture, degree of bone displacement and its severity. Non-surgical therapy. Your child’s doctor will advise you to apply an ice pack over a thin towel on the affected area for 15-20 minutes 3-4 times a day, to relieve pain and ...
Treatment for a broken arm in a child depends on the type and severity of the fracture. It typically involves immobilization with a cast or splint to allow the bones to heal properly. Your doctor will provide medicine for pain management.
Broken bones (or fractures) have an amazing ability to heal, especially in children. New bone forms within a few weeks of the injury. Depending on the bone affected and type of break, full healing can take just a few months. Casts and splints hold broken bones in place as they heal.
Contact Pediatric Surgery. Learn about the pediatric surgery division at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
