This case report presents a rare and intricate pediatric floating elbow fracture involving Monteggia-equivalent fracture, ipsilateral humeral shaft radial nerve injury. The unique mechanism of injury highlights the importance increased awareness parental education for accident prevention. Elastic intramedullary nailing was employed both forearm fractures, leading to favorable outcomes. Despite ...

INTRODUCTION Acute posterolateral rotator elbow dislocation in a child is rare and can be easily misdiagnosed due to immaturity of the epiphysis. This is the first case of occult posterolateral rotator elbow dislocation in combination with an olecranon fracture. We report our experience with this case, which was not diagnosed correctly by plain radiographs. CASE PRESENTATION An 11-year-old As...

Fractures of the capitellum are rare injures of the elbow rarely seen in adolescents. We report a case of a 14 year-old boy who sustained a bilateral Hahn-Steinthal type fracture of his capitelum humeri. To our knowledge, such bilateral injury has not been reported before in teenagers. This paper reviews the literature regarding the epidemiology, classification and management of this rare pedia...

BACKGROUND The frequency of osteochondritis dissecans (OCD), a disorder of the subchondral bone and articular cartilage, is not well described. PURPOSE To assess the frequency of pediatric OCD lesions that progress to surgery based on sex, joint involvement, and age. STUDY DESIGN Descriptive epidemiology study. METHODS A retrospective chart review (2007-2011) was performed on OCD. Inclusi...

Median nerve entrapment in the elbow is a known but rare complication of pediatric elbow dislocations. It is classified on the anatomical basis of entrapment. Due to a variety of factors, it is often diagnosed late. Because of this, substantial injury occurs to the nerve, requiring some form of restorative surgery in addition to release from the joint. Such nerve injury has been treated in a va...

BACKGROUND Supracondylar humerus fracture is the most common fracture of the elbow in children. Closed reduction and percutaneous pinning is considered to be the optimal treatment strategy; however, in some instances, open reduction may be necessary. The aim of this retrospective study was to compare clinical and functional results of triceps-splitting posterior versus lateral approach in pedia...