Patient's question:
My child is 5 years old. When coming back from school, he fell and broke his arm. Will the surgery delay my child's future?Doctor's answer:
The situation you described is crucial in fracture treatment, where the three fundamental principles—reduction, fixation, and functional exercise—are of great importance. Early initiation of systematic and rational functional exercise not only helps maintain normal physiological function levels, accelerates fracture healing, and prevents dysfunction of adjacent uninjured joints but, more importantly, can prevent permanent functional impairment of the injured joint caused by muscle adhesion, joint stiffness, and muscle atrophy. This maximizes the recovery of limb function, prevents disuse atrophy of limbs, and avoids joint contracture.