Posteromedial Dislocation of the Elbow With Lateral Condyle Fracture in Children

Outcome of lateral humeral condylar mass fractures in children associated with elbow dislocation or olecranon fracture

“…There is a paucity of literature describing LCM fractures of the elbow in children, which occur concurrently with olecranon fracture or elbow dislocation. A few isolated case reports or small case series of five or less have reported LCM fractures in association with elbow dislocation [11,17,21] and olecranon fractures [15].…”

Clinical and functional outcomes and treatment options for paediatric elbow dislocations: Experiences of three trauma centres

“…The mean age of those patients was 8.6 (range [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. The most frequently seen additional injury was fracture of the medial epicondyle (20 patients), (Fig.…”

“…Demographics, mechanisms of injury, other associated injuries, neurological and vascular injuries, and complications noted during treatment and follow up periods were recorded and entered in a computerised database. Functional results were evaluated according to the criteria of Roberts [6] (excellent no symptoms, no limitation of extension/flexion in the elbow movement; good mild symptoms, not >108 of loss of movement; fair, moderate symptoms and 10-308 loss of movement; and poor, severe symptoms, >308 loss of movement). We compared the results of pure dislocations and dislocations with associated fractures and/or ruptures of collateral ligaments or vascular injuries.…”

“…Ninety-five percent of dislocations are posterior and of these 70% are posterolateral [5]. Avulsion of the medial epicondyle is the most common associated injury and infrequently fractures of lateral humeral condyle might be present [1,3,5,6].…”

Distal humerus lateral condyle mass fracture and olecranon fracture in a 4-year-old female—review of literature

“…In type II injuries the fracture line extends into the area of the trochlea and produces inherent instability of the elbow. 9 The injury is an intra-articular transepiphyseal fracture classified as Salter Harris IV. 10 The mechanism of injury is usually a fall on the outstretched hand with forced varus angulation of the elbow in supination and extension.…”