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Ununited Fracture Medial Condyle in a Child: A Case Report and Review of Literature

INTRODUCTION: Fractures of the medial condyle of elbow in children are rare. Diagnosis is frequently missed and many authors reported poor outcome for these fractures when treatment was delayed. CASE REPORT: Here, we present a case of 3-month-old ununited fracture of the medial condyle in an 8-year-...

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Autores principales: Bhatnagar, Nishit, Sharma, Sneha, Lingaiah, Purushotham, Jaikumar, Kameshwaran, Tiwari, Anurag
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Indian Orthopaedic Research Group 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6114207/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30167417
http://dx.doi.org/10.13107/jocr.2250-0685.1054
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author Bhatnagar, Nishit
Sharma, Sneha
Lingaiah, Purushotham
Jaikumar, Kameshwaran
Tiwari, Anurag
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description INTRODUCTION: Fractures of the medial condyle of elbow in children are rare. Diagnosis is frequently missed and many authors reported poor outcome for these fractures when treatment was delayed. CASE REPORT: Here, we present a case of 3-month-old ununited fracture of the medial condyle in an 8-year-old child, treated by osteosynthesis that produced good result. The patient presented to us with valgus instability of elbow and restricted range of motion. Open reduction, freshening of margins, and fixation of the ununited fragment with K-wires were done. Postoperatively, the patient regained functional range of motion and had a stable elbow. CONCLUSION: Open reduction and pinning of ununited fracture medial condyle can restore good range of motion and restore elbow stability.
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spelling pubmed-61142072018-08-30 Ununited Fracture Medial Condyle in a Child: A Case Report and Review of Literature Bhatnagar, Nishit Sharma, Sneha Lingaiah, Purushotham Jaikumar, Kameshwaran Tiwari, Anurag J Orthop Case Rep Case Report INTRODUCTION: Fractures of the medial condyle of elbow in children are rare. Diagnosis is frequently missed and many authors reported poor outcome for these fractures when treatment was delayed. CASE REPORT: Here, we present a case of 3-month-old ununited fracture of the medial condyle in an 8-year-old child, treated by osteosynthesis that produced good result. The patient presented to us with valgus instability of elbow and restricted range of motion. Open reduction, freshening of margins, and fixation of the ununited fragment with K-wires were done. Postoperatively, the patient regained functional range of motion and had a stable elbow. CONCLUSION: Open reduction and pinning of ununited fracture medial condyle can restore good range of motion and restore elbow stability. Indian Orthopaedic Research Group 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6114207/ /pubmed/30167417 http://dx.doi.org/10.13107/jocr.2250-0685.1054 Text en Copyright: © Indian Orthopaedic Research Group http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6114207/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30167417
http://dx.doi.org/10.13107/jocr.2250-0685.1054
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