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 The coexistence of fractures of capitulum humeri and radial head in the elbow joint is a rare entity. CASE REPORT A 30-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital after having sustained a fall on her outstretched right arm. She complained of pain, swelling, and restriction of motion of the right elbow joint. Anteroposterior and lateral radiographs revealed displaced fractures in ...