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| ==ADULT INJURIES==
| | #REDIRECT[[Elbow diagnoses]] |
| ===Radial Head/Neck Fractures===
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| # 50% of elbow injury in adults | |
| # see Elbow Fx lect
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| ===Olecranon Fx===
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| # 2nd most common
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| # 20%
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| # direct blow
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| # pain,swelling, can't extend elbow
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| # OR if > 2 mm stepoff
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| ===Elbow D/L===
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| # 3rd most common jt D/L
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| # 90% post or postlateral
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| # 50% have assoc injuries, most common is med epicondylar fx that can often get entrapped
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| # prox radius & coronoid also Fxed
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| # ulnar injury - 8-21% in post D/L
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| # higher rate of neurovasc injury in anterior D/L
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| # Long arm post splint
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| ===Monteggia Fx/D/L===
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| #Type I - prox 1/3 of ulna, ant displ of distal ulna & ant disl of radial head
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| ##80%
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| #Type II - post displ of distal ulna & post D/L or radial head (20%)
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| # Dislocation of radial head requires ORIF
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| ==See Also==
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| *[[Elbow (Minor)]]
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| *[[Supracondylar Fracture]]
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| *[[Elbow Xray Peds]]
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| ==Source==
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| *Tintinalli
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| [[Category:Ortho]]
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