AN ATYPICAL CASE OF COMPLEX ELBOW INJURY INVOLVING FRACTURE OF MEDIAL CONDYLE OF HUMERUS AND RADIAL HEAD
Complex elbow fracture dislocation involving fracture of Medial condyle of humerus and radial head of the ipsilateral side is a rare pattern of injury. Very few reports have shown such a pattern of injury. We present such a case of a 33 yr old lady with Complex elbow fracture dislocation with a Distal humerus- Milch fracture dislocation of medial condyle Type 2 or Kilfoyle Type 3 and Radial head-Masons Type 4 injury, treated with open reduction and internal fixation for the distal humerus ,radial head replacement as well as lateral collateral ligament reconstruction using suture anchors. Post operatively at 6 months patient has almost near normal range of movements with a good functional outcome score.
Authors
- Mohan Choudhary B
- Arjun Ganesh
- Kevin Lourdes
- Sidhardh R Panickar
- Velmurugan Velmurugan
Institutions
- Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PARIPEX INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH
- Published
- 2024-10-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.36106/paripex/1700937
- Primary Topic
- Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00