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Late diagnosis of medial condyle fracture of the humerus with rotational displacement in a child

Authors :
Kirti Ramnani
Eun Seok Son
Kwang Soon Song
Chul-Hyun Cho
Source :
Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology : Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Publication Year :
2011
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2011.

Abstract

For displaced medial condyle fractures in children, open reduction with internal fixation seems to be most popular treatment method. The major complication of this method is failure to make the proper early diagnosis. Corrective supracondylar humeral osteotomy has been preferred to open reduction and internal fixation for managing malunited fragments. We report a case of a child with nonunion of the medial condyle of the humerus who was subsequently treated successfully with open reduction and internal fixation.

Details

ISSN :
15909999 and 15909921
Volume :
12
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....9b235ae83c65d2cc909e41cc544167a6