TOTBİD Dergisi

TOTBİD Dergisi

2019, Cilt 18, Sayı, 4     (Sayfalar: 350-368)

Pediatric elbow fractures

Önder Kalenderer 1, Serkan Erkuş 1

1 Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi, Tepecik Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Kliniği, İzmir

DOI: 10.14292/totbid.dergisi.2019.47
Görüntüleme: 901
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İndirme : 5534

Pediatric elbow fractures are most common seen injuries among 5–9 years old males. Of all pediatric fractures, they occur in 3%. Most of them result from falling over dorsiflexed wrist while the elbow overstretched.

The fractures around the elbow are:

1. Supracondylar humeral fractures.
2. Transphyseal humeral fractures.
3. Lateral condylar humeral fractures.
4. Medial condylar humeral fractures.
5. Medial epicondylar humeral fractures w/o elbow dislocation.

Anahtar Kelimeler : supracondylar; elbow fractures; fracture; children