Elbow floating in children: About three cases and literature review
Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the epidemiological, lesion, treatment and outcome of the 'floating elbow' in children. Observations: It was two boys and a girl with a mean age of 7 years. The average consultation time was 3.6 h. In two patients, the trauma had occurred dur...
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| author | Oumar Ndour Awa Drame Aimée Lakh Faye Fall Ndeye Aby Ndoye Cheikh Diouf Souleymane Camara Gabriel Ngom |
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| description | Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the epidemiological, lesion, treatment and outcome of the 'floating elbow' in children. Observations: It was two boys and a girl with a mean age of 7 years. The average consultation time was 3.6 h. In two patients, the trauma had occurred during playful accident with fall from a height. Supracondylar fracture was associated with a fracture epiphyseal separation-type II distal end of the right radius in one case, a fracture of the distal quarter of the bones 2 of the forearm in the second patient and fracture quarter distal radius in the third patient. All fractures of the elbow were treated by osteosynthesis as well as a fracture of the distal radius ¼. The average hospital stay was 5 days. After a mean of 8 months was rated limitation of elbow flexion to 100° in a patient, an externalisation of the pins at the elbow in M3 in one patient and a limitation of elbow extension at 30° in 2 patients. One patient had a varus ulna. The pronosupination was preserved in all patients. Conclusion: The 'floating elbow' is unusual in children and usually occurs during a high-energy trauma. His treatment is not yet the subject of consensus. Complications often involve the elbow. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-64d0a558c1a049d1ac2cada6f97202b92022-12-21T17:24:42ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsAfrican Journal of Paediatric Surgery0189-67252020-01-01173959810.4103/ajps.AJPS_82_16Elbow floating in children: About three cases and literature reviewOumar NdourAwa DrameAimée Lakh Faye FallNdeye Aby NdoyeCheikh DioufSouleymane CamaraGabriel NgomPurpose: The aim of this study was to determine the epidemiological, lesion, treatment and outcome of the 'floating elbow' in children. Observations: It was two boys and a girl with a mean age of 7 years. The average consultation time was 3.6 h. In two patients, the trauma had occurred during playful accident with fall from a height. Supracondylar fracture was associated with a fracture epiphyseal separation-type II distal end of the right radius in one case, a fracture of the distal quarter of the bones 2 of the forearm in the second patient and fracture quarter distal radius in the third patient. All fractures of the elbow were treated by osteosynthesis as well as a fracture of the distal radius ¼. The average hospital stay was 5 days. After a mean of 8 months was rated limitation of elbow flexion to 100° in a patient, an externalisation of the pins at the elbow in M3 in one patient and a limitation of elbow extension at 30° in 2 patients. One patient had a varus ulna. The pronosupination was preserved in all patients. Conclusion: The 'floating elbow' is unusual in children and usually occurs during a high-energy trauma. His treatment is not yet the subject of consensus. Complications often involve the elbow.http://www.afrjpaedsurg.org/article.asp?issn=0189-6725;year=2020;volume=17;issue=3;spage=95;epage=98;aulast=Ndour'floating elbow' childfunctional limitationsurgery |
| spellingShingle | Oumar Ndour Awa Drame Aimée Lakh Faye Fall Ndeye Aby Ndoye Cheikh Diouf Souleymane Camara Gabriel Ngom Elbow floating in children: About three cases and literature review African Journal of Paediatric Surgery 'floating elbow' child functional limitation surgery |
| title | Elbow floating in children: About three cases and literature review |
| title_full | Elbow floating in children: About three cases and literature review |
| title_fullStr | Elbow floating in children: About three cases and literature review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Elbow floating in children: About three cases and literature review |
| title_short | Elbow floating in children: About three cases and literature review |
| title_sort | elbow floating in children about three cases and literature review |
| topic | 'floating elbow' child functional limitation surgery |
| url | http://www.afrjpaedsurg.org/article.asp?issn=0189-6725;year=2020;volume=17;issue=3;spage=95;epage=98;aulast=Ndour |
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