title: Radioulnar synostosis following proximal radial fracture in child.
abstract: A case is presented with an eight-year follow-up of a proximal radial fracture complicated by radioulnar synostosis. The case and a review of the literature reveal that the complication is associated with certain risk factors. These factors include a fracture in a child over ten years of age with a severe degree of angulation, displacement uncorrected over 4 mm, concomitant posterior dislocation of the elbow, treatment by open reductions supplemented with transcapitellar wires, and a fracture treated by late open reduction without osteotomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Roy
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D013580:Synostosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014457:Ulna / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*