Post-traumatic radio-ulnar synostosis.
Five years after an untreated ulnar fracture, a young man seen with no active or passive forearm rotation was found to have a radio-ulnar synostosis, which was surgically excised with interposition of a silicone membrane and soft tissue to decrease any tendency for new formation of the synostosis.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011884:Radius; D013580:Synostosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014457:Ulna; D014458:Ulna Fractures / Q000150:complications*