t-condylar fracture of distal humerus in 5-year-old child

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e. hasankhani department of orthopedic & spine surgery, shahid kamiab hospital mashhad university of medical sciences mashhad, iran

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t-condylar fracture of the distal humerus is rare in the skeletally immature children and is very rare in young children, under 9 years of age. this fracture has been classified  as:  type a ( minimally displaced or undisplaced), type b (displaced  but  not comminuted ) and type c (displaced and comminuted). herein, we report a t-condylar fracture of the distal humerus in a 5-yr-old boy. this fracture was diagnosed by plain radiography, and was treated by open reduction and internal fixation, as a type b t-condylar fracture of distal humerus.

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iranian journal of medical sciences

جلد ۲۹، شماره ۴، صفحات ۱۹۵-۰

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