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Pediatric medial epicondyle fractures with intra-articular elbow incarceration

BACKGROUND: Intra-articular incarceration of the epicondylar fragment occurs in 5–18 % of all cases of medial epicondyle fracture. It requires stable fixation to allow early motion, since elbow stiffness is the most common complication following medial epicondyle fracture. In this retrospective stud...

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Autores principales: Tarallo, Luigi, Mugnai, Raffaele, Fiacchi, Francesco, Adani, Roberto, Zambianchi, Francesco, Catani, Fabio
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Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4441643/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25062665
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10195-014-0310-2
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author Tarallo, Luigi
Mugnai, Raffaele
Fiacchi, Francesco
Adani, Roberto
Zambianchi, Francesco
Catani, Fabio
author_facet Tarallo, Luigi
Mugnai, Raffaele
Fiacchi, Francesco
Adani, Roberto
Zambianchi, Francesco
Catani, Fabio
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description BACKGROUND: Intra-articular incarceration of the epicondylar fragment occurs in 5–18 % of all cases of medial epicondyle fracture. It requires stable fixation to allow early motion, since elbow stiffness is the most common complication following medial epicondyle fracture. In this retrospective study, we report the clinical and functional outcomes and the complications that occurred following open reduction and screw fixation of medial epicondyle fractures with intra-articular fragment incarceration. METHODS: Thirteen children who had a fracture of the medial epicondyle with incarceration of the fragment in the elbow joint (type III) were surgically treated in our university hospital between 1998 and 2012. There were eight male and five female patients. The mean age at the time of injury was 13 years (range 9–16). Operative treatment consisted of open reduction and internal fixation with one or two 4.0-mm cannulated screws under fluoroscopic control. RESULTS: All of the patients were clinically reviewed at an average follow-up of 29 months. The overall range of motion limitation was about 5° for flexion–extension and 2° for pronation–supination. The score was excellent in all patients (mean 96.3). Complications occurred in four (31 %) children: two cases of symptomatic screw head prominence, irritation with partial lesion of the distal triceps myotendinous junction in one patient, and median nerve entrapment syndrome in one patient. CONCLUSIONS: In conclusion, open reduction and screw fixation yielded excellent clinical and functional outcomes for the treatment of medial epicondyle fractures with intra-articular fragment incarceration. However, particular attention is should be paid when treating these potentially serious injuries in order to minimize the risk of possible complications. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Therapeutic IV.
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spelling pubmed-44416432015-05-28 Pediatric medial epicondyle fractures with intra-articular elbow incarceration Tarallo, Luigi Mugnai, Raffaele Fiacchi, Francesco Adani, Roberto Zambianchi, Francesco Catani, Fabio J Orthop Traumatol Original Article BACKGROUND: Intra-articular incarceration of the epicondylar fragment occurs in 5–18 % of all cases of medial epicondyle fracture. It requires stable fixation to allow early motion, since elbow stiffness is the most common complication following medial epicondyle fracture. In this retrospective study, we report the clinical and functional outcomes and the complications that occurred following open reduction and screw fixation of medial epicondyle fractures with intra-articular fragment incarceration. METHODS: Thirteen children who had a fracture of the medial epicondyle with incarceration of the fragment in the elbow joint (type III) were surgically treated in our university hospital between 1998 and 2012. There were eight male and five female patients. The mean age at the time of injury was 13 years (range 9–16). Operative treatment consisted of open reduction and internal fixation with one or two 4.0-mm cannulated screws under fluoroscopic control. RESULTS: All of the patients were clinically reviewed at an average follow-up of 29 months. The overall range of motion limitation was about 5° for flexion–extension and 2° for pronation–supination. The score was excellent in all patients (mean 96.3). Complications occurred in four (31 %) children: two cases of symptomatic screw head prominence, irritation with partial lesion of the distal triceps myotendinous junction in one patient, and median nerve entrapment syndrome in one patient. CONCLUSIONS: In conclusion, open reduction and screw fixation yielded excellent clinical and functional outcomes for the treatment of medial epicondyle fractures with intra-articular fragment incarceration. However, particular attention is should be paid when treating these potentially serious injuries in order to minimize the risk of possible complications. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Therapeutic IV. Springer International Publishing 2014-07-26 2015-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4441643/ /pubmed/25062665 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10195-014-0310-2 Text en © The Author(s) 2014 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open AccessThis 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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Tarallo, Luigi
Mugnai, Raffaele
Fiacchi, Francesco
Adani, Roberto
Zambianchi, Francesco
Catani, Fabio
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title Pediatric medial epicondyle fractures with intra-articular elbow incarceration
title_full Pediatric medial epicondyle fractures with intra-articular elbow incarceration
title_fullStr Pediatric medial epicondyle fractures with intra-articular elbow incarceration
title_full_unstemmed Pediatric medial epicondyle fractures with intra-articular elbow incarceration
title_short Pediatric medial epicondyle fractures with intra-articular elbow incarceration
title_sort pediatric medial epicondyle fractures with intra-articular elbow incarceration
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4441643/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25062665
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10195-014-0310-2
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