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Comminuted fractures of the radial head: Favorable outcome after 15–25 years of follow-up in 19 patients
Background There have been few reports on the long-term outcome of comminuted radial head fractures in adults. Method 10 women and 9 men with a mean age of 45 (21–65) years when they sustained a comminuted fracture of the radial head were re-evaluated after 15–25 years. 6 patients had been nonoperat...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2895342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20367419 http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453671003717815 |
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author | Karlsson, Magnus K Herbertsson, Pär Nordqvist, Anders Besjakov, Jack Josefsson, Per Olof Hasserius, Ralph |
author_facet | Karlsson, Magnus K Herbertsson, Pär Nordqvist, Anders Besjakov, Jack Josefsson, Per Olof Hasserius, Ralph |
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description | Background There have been few reports on the long-term outcome of comminuted radial head fractures in adults. Method 10 women and 9 men with a mean age of 45 (21–65) years when they sustained a comminuted fracture of the radial head were re-evaluated after 15–25 years. 6 patients had been nonoperatively (NO) treated while 13 had had a radial head excision. The uninjured elbow served as a control. Results At follow-up, 11 patients (4 NO patients) rated their fractured elbow as being without deficits, 7 (1 NO) as being slightly impaired, and 1 (NO) as being severely impaired. Range of motion and elbow strength were not impaired, and even though there were more degenerative changes such as cysts, osteophytes, and sclerosis in the injured elbows by radiography, the prevalence of joint space reduction was not higher. Interpretation Most patients with an isolated comminuted fracture of the radial head treated nonoperatively or with a radial head excision report no or only minor long-term complaints. |
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spelling | pubmed-28953422010-09-03 Comminuted fractures of the radial head: Favorable outcome after 15–25 years of follow-up in 19 patients Karlsson, Magnus K Herbertsson, Pär Nordqvist, Anders Besjakov, Jack Josefsson, Per Olof Hasserius, Ralph Acta Orthop Research Article Background There have been few reports on the long-term outcome of comminuted radial head fractures in adults. Method 10 women and 9 men with a mean age of 45 (21–65) years when they sustained a comminuted fracture of the radial head were re-evaluated after 15–25 years. 6 patients had been nonoperatively (NO) treated while 13 had had a radial head excision. The uninjured elbow served as a control. Results At follow-up, 11 patients (4 NO patients) rated their fractured elbow as being without deficits, 7 (1 NO) as being slightly impaired, and 1 (NO) as being severely impaired. Range of motion and elbow strength were not impaired, and even though there were more degenerative changes such as cysts, osteophytes, and sclerosis in the injured elbows by radiography, the prevalence of joint space reduction was not higher. Interpretation Most patients with an isolated comminuted fracture of the radial head treated nonoperatively or with a radial head excision report no or only minor long-term complaints. Informa Healthcare 2010-04 2010-04-06 /pmc/articles/PMC2895342/ /pubmed/20367419 http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453671003717815 Text en Copyright: © Nordic Orthopedic Federation http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the source is credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Karlsson, Magnus K Herbertsson, Pär Nordqvist, Anders Besjakov, Jack Josefsson, Per Olof Hasserius, Ralph Comminuted fractures of the radial head: Favorable outcome after 15–25 years of follow-up in 19 patients |
title | Comminuted fractures of the radial head: Favorable outcome after 15–25 years of follow-up in 19 patients |
title_full | Comminuted fractures of the radial head: Favorable outcome after 15–25 years of follow-up in 19 patients |
title_fullStr | Comminuted fractures of the radial head: Favorable outcome after 15–25 years of follow-up in 19 patients |
title_full_unstemmed | Comminuted fractures of the radial head: Favorable outcome after 15–25 years of follow-up in 19 patients |
title_short | Comminuted fractures of the radial head: Favorable outcome after 15–25 years of follow-up in 19 patients |
title_sort | comminuted fractures of the radial head: favorable outcome after 15–25 years of follow-up in 19 patients |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2895342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20367419 http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453671003717815 |
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