Elbow floating in children: About three cases and literature review
Autor: | Ndeye Aby Ndoye, Aimée Lakh Faye Fall, Oumar Ndour, Gabriel Ngom, Cheikh Diouf, Awa Drame, Souleymane Camara |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
Male
musculoskeletal diseases medicine.medical_specialty 'floating elbow' child Elbow lcsh:Surgery Fracture Fixation Internal Forearm Elbow Joint medicine Humans functional limitation Child Elbow flexion Osteosynthesis business.industry Ulna lcsh:RJ1-570 lcsh:Pediatrics Mean age lcsh:RD1-811 musculoskeletal system Surgery body regions Treatment Outcome medicine.anatomical_structure Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Original Article Female Right radius Radius Fractures Elbow Injuries business Hospital stay |
Zdroj: | African Journal of Paediatric Surgery, Vol 17, Iss 3, Pp 95-98 (2020) African Journal of Paediatric Surgery: AJPS |
ISSN: | 0189-6725 |
Popis: | Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the epidemiological, lesion, treatment and outcome of the 'floating elbow' in children. Observations: It was two boys and a girl with a mean age of 7 years. The average consultation time was 3.6 h. In two patients, the trauma had occurred during playful accident with fall from a height. Supracondylar fracture was associated with a fracture epiphyseal separation-type II distal end of the right radius in one case, a fracture of the distal quarter of the bones 2 of the forearm in the second patient and fracture quarter distal radius in the third patient. All fractures of the elbow were treated by osteosynthesis as well as a fracture of the distal radius ¼. The average hospital stay was 5 days. After a mean of 8 months was rated limitation of elbow flexion to 100° in a patient, an externalisation of the pins at the elbow in M3 in one patient and a limitation of elbow extension at 30° in 2 patients. One patient had a varus ulna. The pronosupination was preserved in all patients. Conclusion: The 'floating elbow' is unusual in children and usually occurs during a high-energy trauma. His treatment is not yet the subject of consensus. Complications often involve the elbow. |
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