Excision of the Radial Head in Patients Younger Than 18 Years

Open surgical treatment of post-traumatic elbow contractures in adolescent patients

“…Radial head excision alone without anterior capsular release can offer only a modest increase in flexion/extension and was complicated with appositional overgrowth in 50% of post-traumatic patients in one study of adolescent patients. 10 Proximal radial migration was observed in most patients in that study, but no symptoms were recorded at the mean follow-up of 7.8 years.…”

Chronic Posttraumatic Anterior Dislocation of the Radial Head in Children

“…If this relationship does not exist, there is radiocapitellar subluxation or dislocation. 4,5 We believe that the most important part of the procedure is the ulnar osteotomy with rigid internal fixation. 27 Regarding the interval between injury and treatment, Horii et al, 11 Best, 28 Freedman et al, 18 and Kim et al 25 reported cases with Monteggia fracture-dislocations treated 5.2, 5.6, 6, and 12 years after the injury with satisfactory outcome.…”

Kindliche posttraumatische proximale radioulnare Synostose

“…Häßle u. Mellerowicz [9] analysierten 116 Frakturen des proximalen Unterarms im Kindesalter und konnten die Ausbildung von 2 radioulnaren Synostosen beobachten. Sie berichteten, dass in allen Fällen eine Seitdis- [11,12].…”