BACKGROUND We report the short-term results of a cohort of patients undergoing radial head replacement using a novel radial head prosthesis with a smooth, unfixed, telescoping stem and a bipolar design after a mean follow-up of 34 months (range, 24-48 months). MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients were assessed using clinical and radiographic examination as well as with standardized outcome measures...

We treated a patient with a rare combination of ipsilateral fractures of the distal and proximal ends of the radius. A man aged 42 years had simultaneous fractures of the distal and proximal ends of the radius (radial neck) following a roadside accident. The distal end fracture of the radius was treated with surgical reduction and T-plate volar fixation, and the undisplaced radial neck fracture...

A 26 year old male reported with gross limitation of pronation and supination of right forearm 8 week after a vehicular accident. X-Ray of the elbow showed isolated radial head dislocation without any associated fracture. It was treated with radial head excision with almost full restoration of movements postoperatively. The case is presented because of rarity of this injury and the tendency to ...

Monteggia fractures are rare in children, and subtle radial head dislocations, with minor plastic deformation of the ulna, may be missed in up to a third of cases. Complications of Monteggia fractures-dislocations include persistent radial head dislocation, forearm deformity, elbow stiffness, and nerve palsies at the time of presentation. An unusual case of median nerve palsy following elastic ...

Posterior dislocation of the elbow joint with fracture of both the radial head and coronoid process, the so-called 'terrible triad', is a complex and difficult-to-treat injury. We report a case of a 34-year-old man with terrible triad of the elbow and associated injuries secondary to a fall. The patient was treated with radial head osteosynthesis, resection of the coronoid process fragments, an...

A fracture of the neck of the radius when the head is not ossified can be difficult to assess and treat. In a four-year-old child we suspected from the radiographs that there was an O'Brien type-III injury after trauma. Partial manual reduction of the non-ossified radial head was completed using the Métaizeau technique of intramedullary Kirschner (K-) wiring aided by intraoperative arthrography...

Over a 36-month period, 11 children were treated in our department for fractures about the elbow which initially went undiagnosed, as they had first undergone reduction maneuvers for a suspected radial head subluxation, without prior imaging. The most frequent final diagnosis was supracondylar humerus fracture (n = 4). A fall was reported for six children (54.5%); the mechanism of injury remain...

Despite advances in surgical techniques, fractures of the radial head are challenging to manage. Most radial head fractures can be managed nonsurgically, with emphasis on early motion to achieve good results. Treatment of more complex radial head fractures, however, especially those associated with elbow instability, remains controversial. The choice for such injury is between open reduction an...

INTRODUCTION Dislocation of the radial head, congenital or traumatic, anteriorly, posteriorly or laterally displaced, requires surgery to reseat and stabilize the head of the radius within the joint, in order to restore elbow flexion and, as much as possible, pronation-supination. SCOPE This article is meant to present the technique of proximal radial-ulnar ligament plasty using the extensor ...