partment pressures that exceed capillary perfusion, causing ischemia and edema within the compartment. This has been well characterized in the lower leg following excessive muscle strain, tibia fracture, or other blunt trauma and in the forearm following blunt trauma. There are few reports of dorsal compartment syndrome of the upper arm. A literature review found only one previous case without ...

A 10-year-old boy who sustained a fracture through a cyst in the ulna later developed a pseudarthrosis. During 13 years' follow-up the characteristic short bowed forearm developed but, instead of the more usual spontaneous dislocation of the head of the radius, the patient also developed the previously unreported complication of osteoarthritis of the elbow.

The interosseous membrane (IOM) is a fibrous structure located within the forearm that possesses distinct direction and shape patterns. The membrane maintains the interosseous space between the radius and ulna through forearm rotations and actively transfers forces from the radius to the ulna. The interosseous membrane’s load transferring ability reduces the forces placed on the radiocapitellar...

Nonunion following diaphyseal forearm fracture is an uncommon complication in children. Compression plate fixation with bone grafting has been the standard method to treat this complication. We report a case of hypertrophic nonunion of the ulna in a child who was treated surgically using an elastic stable intramedullary nail (ESIN) without bone grafting. The nonunion healed 4 months after surgery.

We report 6 cases of recalcitrant non-union of forearm bones treated with a free vascularized thin corticoperiosteal graft harvested from the medial condyle of the femur. All non-unions healed. In one 58-year-old patient a fracture of the femur occurred.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate a reduction method that is based on the theory of Evans to reduce angulated greenstick fractures of the distal forearm with a rotation manoeuvre, to evaluate an immobilisation technique and to evaluate a brief survey on surgeon practice for treatment of these fractures. A retrospective study was performed on 21 patients. Fractures were reduced with a pr...

PURPOSE To evaluate treatment results of intramedullary fixation using multiple Kirschner wires for diaphyseal forearm fractures. METHODS Between January 2001 and January 2004, 184 patients (122 men and 62 women) with 288 displaced diaphyseal forearm fractures underwent intramedullary fixation using multiple Kirschner wires. The wires were inserted by opening the fracture site because radiogr...

Introduction: Both-bone forearm fractures in children can be treated non-operatively with a cast. Most previous studies have shown favourable outcome; however, information on the functional outcome after skeletal maturity is still scanty. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the functional outcome after skeletal maturity in fractures with at least four years of growth remaining. Mat...

Osteoporosis is a disease in which the density and quality of bone are reduced, leading to weakness of the skeleton and increased risk of fracture. Osteoporosis literally means "porous bone". When a bone has become osteoporotic or osteopenic (low bone mass), the risk of a fracture increases. The forearm, spine and hip are the most common fracture sites, accounting for more than 80 percent of al...

Skeletal lesions in multiple myeloma are predominantly lytic and when non-union of pathological fractures occur it is typically atrophic. We report a lady of 61 years of age with myeloma who presented with a pathological fracture through an ulnar myeloma deposit. The fracture was immobilised initially then irradiated. Nine months later she re-presented with marked forearm pain particularly on r...