TY - JOUR
T1 - Fracture dislocation of the lateral condyle and medial epicondyle of the humerus associated with complete radial nerve transection
AU - Abu-Jayyab, Zaid
AU - Abu-Zidan, Fikri
AU - Marlovits, Stefan
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The combination of lateral condyle and medial epicondyle fractures of the humerus and a radial nerve transection is extremely rare. We could not find a similar case in the literature. Hereby we report such a case. An eight-year old female fell down while playing. She had wrist, thumb and fingers drop associated with hypoaesthesia over the first web space indicating radial nerve palsy. Plain X-ray of the left elbow showed fracture of the lateral condyle and avulsed fracture of the medial epicondyle. The Lateral condyle fracture was fixed with 2 screws and the medial epicondyle fracture was fixed with 2 K wires. The radial nerve was completely transected which was repaired primarily through a lateral approach. Six months later, the patient had full recovery of the wrist and elbow functions without any deformity.
AB - The combination of lateral condyle and medial epicondyle fractures of the humerus and a radial nerve transection is extremely rare. We could not find a similar case in the literature. Hereby we report such a case. An eight-year old female fell down while playing. She had wrist, thumb and fingers drop associated with hypoaesthesia over the first web space indicating radial nerve palsy. Plain X-ray of the left elbow showed fracture of the lateral condyle and avulsed fracture of the medial epicondyle. The Lateral condyle fracture was fixed with 2 screws and the medial epicondyle fracture was fixed with 2 K wires. The radial nerve was completely transected which was repaired primarily through a lateral approach. Six months later, the patient had full recovery of the wrist and elbow functions without any deformity.
KW - Fractures lateral condyle
KW - Humerus
KW - Radial nerve transection
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M3 - Article
C2 - 22360040
AN - SCOPUS:84860407976
SN - 0030-9982
VL - 61
SP - 920
EP - 921
JO - Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
JF - Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
IS - 9
ER -