Forearm Injuries
A 35-year-old man falls from a ladder onto his outstretched hand. Radiographs reveal a comminuted radial head fracture. The elbow is stable, but he has wrist pain with tenderness over the distal radioulnar joint. There is proximal migration of the radius compared to the contralateral side. The interosseous membrane is tender along its length. The surgeon suspects a longitudinal forearm instability pattern. Regarding Essex-Lopresti injury:
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Essex-Lopresti injury is a longitudinal forearm instability pattern consisting of radial head fractu...
The interosseous membrane is the primary longitudinal stabilizer of the forearm after the radial hea...
Essex-Lopresti only involves the elbow joint; the DRUJ is never affected; radial head excision is th...
Diagnosis requires clinical suspicion with wrist and DRUJ examination in all radial head fractures; ...
Treatment requires restoration of radial length and longitudinal stability; acute cases are treated ...
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