Elbow Fractures
A 45-year-old woman falls on her outstretched hand and presents with lateral elbow pain. Radiographs show a displaced radial head fracture with three major fragments involving more than 30% of the articular surface. The elbow is stable to valgus stress and there is no wrist pain. The treating surgeon is planning operative management. Regarding radial head fractures:
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The radial head is a secondary stabilizer to valgus stress (after the MCL) and is the primary stabil...
The Mason classification: Type I (non-displaced or minimally displaced fissure/marginal fracture, le...
The radial head is the primary valgus stabilizer; it does not contribute to longitudinal stability; ...
Essex-Lopresti injury involves radial head fracture with disruption of the interosseous membrane and...
Treatment: Type I with non-operative management (early ROM); Type II with ORIF if mechanical block e...
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