Combined shear fractures of the trochlea and capitellum associated with anterior fracture-dislocation of the elbow

J Orthop Trauma. 1992;6(3):373-5. doi: 10.1097/00005131-199209000-00018.

Abstract

This article presents two unusual cases of combined shear fractures of the trochlea and capitellum associated with anterior fracture-dislocation of the elbow. The mechanism of injury was thought to be a fall on the dorsum of a partially flexed forearm, in which the trochlea and capitellum are displaced by the fractured olecranon and the radial head.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Accidental Falls
  • Child
  • Elbow / surgery
  • Elbow Injuries*
  • Female
  • Fracture Fixation, Internal
  • Fractures, Closed / complications*
  • Fractures, Closed / surgery
  • Humans
  • Joint Dislocations / complications*
  • Middle Aged