Irreducible isolated dislocation of the radial head in a skeletally mature teenager

✍ Scribed by K. C. Kong

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 180 KB
• Volume: 112
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1434-3916
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00452972

✦ Synopsis

Isolated dislocation of the radial head is an uncommon injury. This injury has been reported in children [2-4, 6, 9, 10]; in the skeletally mature it is extremely rare [1,8,11]. An irreducible dislocation has been previously reported in a young child [7], but no case has to date been reported in an adult. The present case is reported to demonstrate this rare injury and to suggest a possible explanation for the cause of the irreducibility.