Elbow Fractures
A 35-year-old man falls from a ladder onto his outstretched arm with the elbow extended. He presents with a swollen, painful elbow and inability to flex. Radiographs and CT scan show an isolated coronal shear fracture of the trochlea with a single large articular fragment and no associated capitellum fracture. Regarding trochlea fractures:
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The trochlea is the medial articular surface of the distal humerus that articulates with the ulna at...
The mechanism of coronal shear fractures involves axial loading through an extended elbow with the f...
Trochlea fractures are easily diagnosed on standard AP and lateral radiographs; CT scan is unnecessa...
CT scan with 3D reconstruction is essential for trochlea fractures to characterise the fracture patt...
Displaced trochlea fractures require surgical treatment to restore articular congruity and elbow sta...
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