A rare injury to the upper limb: elbow dislocation combined with Galeazzi fracture-dislocation.
The authors describe a rare instance of elbow dislocation associated with Galeazzi fracture-dislocation in a 16 year-old patient injured in a motor vehicle accident. They analyze the modalities of the trauma, the type of treatment employed, and the result after 2 years.
Mezzadra
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Divisione di Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Ospedale di Morbegno, Sondrio.
Gusmeroli
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Tettamanzi
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M
Prestianni
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B
Molinari
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D
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D005596:Fractures, Closed / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008663:Metacarpus / Q000293:injuries; D009049:Motorcycles; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D014458:Ulna Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D000092464:Elbow Injuries