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An unusual case of an isolated capitellar fracture of the right elbow in a child: a case report
INTRODUCTION: Although elbow fractures have a high incidence in the pediatric population, fractures of the capitellum are almost exclusively observed in individuals older than 12 years of age. Due to their rarity in children, reports with large numbers of cases are lacking in the literature and the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3293029/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22325625 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-6-57 |
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author | Gonçalves Pestana, José António Macedo França, Ana Patrícia Cunha Freitas, António Pedro Tomás Jales, Bruno Tertuliano Alves, Cristina Ferreira, Fabíola Ramos, Manuel Correia Pereira, Mário |
author_facet | Gonçalves Pestana, José António Macedo França, Ana Patrícia Cunha Freitas, António Pedro Tomás Jales, Bruno Tertuliano Alves, Cristina Ferreira, Fabíola Ramos, Manuel Correia Pereira, Mário |
author_sort | Gonçalves Pestana, José António |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Although elbow fractures have a high incidence in the pediatric population, fractures of the capitellum are almost exclusively observed in individuals older than 12 years of age. Due to their rarity in children, reports with large numbers of cases are lacking in the literature and the surgical treatment options are poorly defined. CASE PRESENTATION: We present the case of an 11-year-old Portuguese girl with a displaced fracture of the capitellum of the right elbow, a typical Hahn-Steinthal or Type 1 fracture, which was followed for one year. The treatment and outcome of this fracture are described. Our patient underwent an open reduction and internal fixation with two cannulated screws. There were no complications and normal elbow function was recovered. CONCLUSION: The authors believe that cannulated screw fixation is a reliable method of treatment for Type 1 capitellar fracture in children because it enables good interfragmentary compression, early mobilization, faster functional elbow recovery and implant removal is rarely necessary. |
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spelling | pubmed-32930292012-03-05 An unusual case of an isolated capitellar fracture of the right elbow in a child: a case report Gonçalves Pestana, José António Macedo França, Ana Patrícia Cunha Freitas, António Pedro Tomás Jales, Bruno Tertuliano Alves, Cristina Ferreira, Fabíola Ramos, Manuel Correia Pereira, Mário J Med Case Reports Case Report INTRODUCTION: Although elbow fractures have a high incidence in the pediatric population, fractures of the capitellum are almost exclusively observed in individuals older than 12 years of age. Due to their rarity in children, reports with large numbers of cases are lacking in the literature and the surgical treatment options are poorly defined. CASE PRESENTATION: We present the case of an 11-year-old Portuguese girl with a displaced fracture of the capitellum of the right elbow, a typical Hahn-Steinthal or Type 1 fracture, which was followed for one year. The treatment and outcome of this fracture are described. Our patient underwent an open reduction and internal fixation with two cannulated screws. There were no complications and normal elbow function was recovered. CONCLUSION: The authors believe that cannulated screw fixation is a reliable method of treatment for Type 1 capitellar fracture in children because it enables good interfragmentary compression, early mobilization, faster functional elbow recovery and implant removal is rarely necessary. BioMed Central 2012-02-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3293029/ /pubmed/22325625 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-6-57 Text en Copyright ©2012 Gonçalves Pestana et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Gonçalves Pestana, José António Macedo França, Ana Patrícia Cunha Freitas, António Pedro Tomás Jales, Bruno Tertuliano Alves, Cristina Ferreira, Fabíola Ramos, Manuel Correia Pereira, Mário An unusual case of an isolated capitellar fracture of the right elbow in a child: a case report |
title | An unusual case of an isolated capitellar fracture of the right elbow in a child: a case report |
title_full | An unusual case of an isolated capitellar fracture of the right elbow in a child: a case report |
title_fullStr | An unusual case of an isolated capitellar fracture of the right elbow in a child: a case report |
title_full_unstemmed | An unusual case of an isolated capitellar fracture of the right elbow in a child: a case report |
title_short | An unusual case of an isolated capitellar fracture of the right elbow in a child: a case report |
title_sort | unusual case of an isolated capitellar fracture of the right elbow in a child: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3293029/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22325625 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-6-57 |
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