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. 2021 Oct 28;14(6):413–420. doi: 10.1007/s12178-021-09725-4

Table 2.

Indication for operative management

Beaty 1992 [40]

100% translation or >70° angulation, under 5 years

>50% translation or angulation <70° in younger and >40° in older children, age 5–10 years

Translation >50% or angulation >40°, patients >11 years

Binder et al. 2016 [1]

>60° angulation in children up to 12 years

>30° angulation in children older than 12 years

Cruz et al. 2018 [15•]

Neer-Horowitz grade II and IV

>60° angulation in patients under 10 years

>30° angulation in patients 10 and older

Dobbs et al. 2003 [41]

>75° angulation in children 7 and under

>60° angulation in children 8 to 11 years

>45° angulation in children 12 and older

Lefèvre et al. 2014 [12]

>100% translation and/or angulation >70°, patients <10 years

>50% translation and/or angulation >40°, patients aged 10–13 years

>30% translation and/or angulation >20°, patients >13 years

Pahlavan et al. 2011 [42]

Nonoperative, <10 years

Case-by-case basis, age 10–13

Displaced fracture, age >13 years

Popkin et al. 2015 [10] Neer-Horowitz grade III and IV fractures in children older than 11 years