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Volume 31 Issue 2 (2005)
 
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Case Study: Isolated, Traumatic Anterior Dislocation of the Radial Head In An Adult. A Case Study and Review of the Literature (Page 170)
  Nithyananth Manasseh, Vrisha Madhuri, Thilak Samuel Jepegnanam, Vijay Titus Kayalakagathu
 
             
   
Abstract:
  Isolated radial head dislocation in adults is extremely rare and has been predominantly posterior. A case of isolated, acute anterior dislocation of the radial head in an adult is reported. A 26-year-old male sustained an isolated radial head dislocation following a fall on the outstretched hand. The dislocation was treated by closed reduction and transcapitellar Kirschner wire fixation. At final follow-up the patient had recovered full range of motion of the elbow. Radiographs of the forearm including elbow and wrist were normal. A management algorithm for this injury is proposed, based on a review of the literature.
   
   
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