OBJECTIVE Open intra-articular fractures of the distal humerus can be associated with considerable bone loss and extensive soft tissue damage. The management of these injuries is quite challenging, and the restoration of elbow anatomy may require multiple bone and soft tissue surgical procedures. The purpose of this case report is to present the option of addressing at the same time a complex s...

We have treated 16 patients with recurrent complex elbow instability using a hinged external fixator. All patients had instability, dislocation or subluxation of the ulnohumeral joint. The injuries were open in eight patients and were associated with 20 other fractures and five peripheral nerve injuries. Two patients had received initial treatment from us; 14 had previously had a mean of 2.1 un...

BACKGROUND Overhead sports place the greatest strain on the elbow of any of the upper extremity joints. Unfortunately, athlete-specific functional outcome tools do not exist for the elbow. HYPOTHESES THE ELBOW DEMAND RATING SCALE (EDS) WILL DEMONSTRATE STRONG RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY PROPERTIES: (1) test-retest reliability with a 2-week EDS administration, (2) internal reliability of the subs...

The aim of this descriptive epidemiology study was to evaluate the injury incidence, pattern and type as a function of position in one professional baseball organization for one complete season. The study was carried out in a major academic center. Participants were all major/minor league baseball players playing for one professional organization. The disabled/injury list of one single professi...

The elbow is a vital part of the complicated and intricate mechanism known as throwing. The athlete that participates in a throwing sport walks a fine line between success and injury. It is this line that the clinician must monitor. When an athlete admits that an injury has occurred, it is up to the physician to listen, observe, and examine the player in great detail. Injuries that involve the ...

Fracture-dislocation of the elbow is a signiicant injury with mixed outcomes. The purpose of the study was to evaluate patient perceived outcome following surgical stabilization of these complex injuries. Twenty-nine available patients (76%) from 37 identiied with "terrible triad" injury patterns, in- cluding ulnohumeral dislocation, radial head fracture, and coronoid fracture, were available f...

INTRODUCTION Birth injuries are common phenomenon. But commonly encountered birth injuries are clavicle fracture, humerus fractures and uncommonly femur fracture. Incidence of Distal humerus Epiphyseal injuries as birth injury are rare. As the first secondary centre around elbow-capitellum appears at 3-9 months, its radilological assessment of alignment with elbow or the radius shaft is not pos...

INTRODUCTION Vascular injury associated withclosed posterior elbow dislocations is rare and it usually occurs along with open dislocation, anterior dislocation, penetrating injuries, dislocations associated with fracture. We report such a case of closed posterior elbow dislocation with complete brachial artery rupture. CASE REPORT A 58 years old lady sustained posterior dislocation of right e...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to describe, using video analysis, the mechanisms of head injuries and of incidents with a high risk of head injury in elite football. METHODS Videotapes and injury information were collected prospectively for 313 of the 409 matches played in the Norwegian (2000 season) and Icelandic (1999 and 2000 season) professional leagues. Video recordings of incident...