The “floating forearm” injury in a child: a case report

The case of a eleven-year-old girl who had a fracture dislocation of the left elbow with entrapment of the ulnar nerve into the dislocated ulnar epicondyle anlage and unstable forearm fracture of the ipslateral upper extremity is described. This severe injury to the elbow and the ipsilateral forearm...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Gausepohl, T., Mader, K., Kirchner, S., Pennig, D.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2007
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2321724/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18427915
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11751-007-0017-5
_version_ 1782152591170338816
author Gausepohl, T.
Mader, K.
Kirchner, S.
Pennig, D.
author_facet Gausepohl, T.
Mader, K.
Kirchner, S.
Pennig, D.
author_sort Gausepohl, T.
collection PubMed
description The case of a eleven-year-old girl who had a fracture dislocation of the left elbow with entrapment of the ulnar nerve into the dislocated ulnar epicondyle anlage and unstable forearm fracture of the ipslateral upper extremity is described. This severe injury to the elbow and the ipsilateral forearm is termed “floating forearm” injury. The forearm was stabilized percutaneously and the elbow fracture dislocation, remaining unstable after internal fixation was treated with a pediatric elbow fixator with motion capacity. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article10.1007/s11751-007-0017-5contains supplementary material, which is available on SpringerLink
format Text
id pubmed-2321724
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2007
publisher Springer-Verlag
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-23217242008-04-17 The “floating forearm” injury in a child: a case report Gausepohl, T. Mader, K. Kirchner, S. Pennig, D. Strategies Trauma Limb Reconstr Case Report The case of a eleven-year-old girl who had a fracture dislocation of the left elbow with entrapment of the ulnar nerve into the dislocated ulnar epicondyle anlage and unstable forearm fracture of the ipslateral upper extremity is described. This severe injury to the elbow and the ipsilateral forearm is termed “floating forearm” injury. The forearm was stabilized percutaneously and the elbow fracture dislocation, remaining unstable after internal fixation was treated with a pediatric elbow fixator with motion capacity. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article10.1007/s11751-007-0017-5contains supplementary material, which is available on SpringerLink Springer-Verlag 2007-04 /pmc/articles/PMC2321724/ /pubmed/18427915 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11751-007-0017-5 Text en © Springer-Verlag Italia 2007
spellingShingle Case Report
Gausepohl, T.
Mader, K.
Kirchner, S.
Pennig, D.
The “floating forearm” injury in a child: a case report
title The “floating forearm” injury in a child: a case report
title_full The “floating forearm” injury in a child: a case report
title_fullStr The “floating forearm” injury in a child: a case report
title_full_unstemmed The “floating forearm” injury in a child: a case report
title_short The “floating forearm” injury in a child: a case report
title_sort “floating forearm” injury in a child: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2321724/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18427915
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11751-007-0017-5
work_keys_str_mv AT gausepohlt thefloatingforearminjuryinachildacasereport
AT maderk thefloatingforearminjuryinachildacasereport
AT kirchners thefloatingforearminjuryinachildacasereport
AT pennigd thefloatingforearminjuryinachildacasereport
AT gausepohlt floatingforearminjuryinachildacasereport
AT maderk floatingforearminjuryinachildacasereport
AT kirchners floatingforearminjuryinachildacasereport
AT pennigd floatingforearminjuryinachildacasereport

Ejemplares similares