Pediatric Floating Elbow Caused by a Novel Mechanism: A Case Report

A pediatric floating elbow is a rare condition in which there is a humeral supracondylar fracture with an ipsilateral fracture of one or both bones of the forearm. We report a case caused by an unusual mechanism of a semi-automatic washing machine. This injury, on its own, involves the risk of compa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Albattat, Mustafa Y, Alhathloul, Hisham, Almohammed Saleh, Mohammed, Althabit, Fatimah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Pediatric Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9559866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36258969
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.29124
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Sumario:A pediatric floating elbow is a rare condition in which there is a humeral supracondylar fracture with an ipsilateral fracture of one or both bones of the forearm. We report a case caused by an unusual mechanism of a semi-automatic washing machine. This injury, on its own, involves the risk of compartment syndrome, however, this particular child came late. We present our approach to this challenging injury along with the controversial management in the literature.

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