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Ninety-seven children with supracondylar fracture of the humerus were treated dur-ing three years from 1977. Main complication of fracture was nerve palsies which were recorded in 20 patients (20.6%), but they were transitory.Methods of treatment were manual reduction, skin or skeletal traction and surgery. Results of treatment were evaluated from the motion of the elbow and varus or valgus deformity. Seventy-eight per cent of the patients showed satisfactory healing. Manual reduction followed continuous overhead skeletal traction was recommended to prevent varus deformity.Residual deformities were observed in 10 patients (10.3%); valgus in 3 and varus in 7. They were essentially caused by imperfect reduction and re-dislocation during immobilization.Authors also emphasized to pay attention to anterior angulation and rotatory deformity which resulted in restriction of motion of the elbow.