Elbow instability secondary to lateral epicondylar nounion in an adult

Symptomatic nonunion of the lateral epicondyle of the elbow is a rare injury. We present the case of a 36-year-old woman who complained of elbow pain and instability several months after a conservatively treated lateral epicondyle fracture that evolved into nonunion. In order to reestablish elbow st...

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Autores principales: Valencia, Maria, Barco, Raul, Antuña, Samuel A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3828487/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23229787
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10195-012-0221-z
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description Symptomatic nonunion of the lateral epicondyle of the elbow is a rare injury. We present the case of a 36-year-old woman who complained of elbow pain and instability several months after a conservatively treated lateral epicondyle fracture that evolved into nonunion. In order to reestablish elbow stability, the patient underwent removal of the nonunited epicondylar fragment and ligament repair, with excellent clinical outcome.
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spelling pubmed-38284872013-11-25 Elbow instability secondary to lateral epicondylar nounion in an adult Valencia, Maria Barco, Raul Antuña, Samuel A. J Orthop Traumatol Case Report Symptomatic nonunion of the lateral epicondyle of the elbow is a rare injury. We present the case of a 36-year-old woman who complained of elbow pain and instability several months after a conservatively treated lateral epicondyle fracture that evolved into nonunion. In order to reestablish elbow stability, the patient underwent removal of the nonunited epicondylar fragment and ligament repair, with excellent clinical outcome. Springer International Publishing 2012-12-11 2013-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3828487/ /pubmed/23229787 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10195-012-0221-z Text en © The Author(s) 2012 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited.
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title_full Elbow instability secondary to lateral epicondylar nounion in an adult
title_fullStr Elbow instability secondary to lateral epicondylar nounion in an adult
title_full_unstemmed Elbow instability secondary to lateral epicondylar nounion in an adult
title_short Elbow instability secondary to lateral epicondylar nounion in an adult
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