title: Mismanagement of elbow joint fractures and dislocations by traditional bone setters in Plateau State, Nigeria.
abstract: Four out of seven cases of elbow joint fractures and dislocations mismanaged by traditional bone setters in Plateau State, Nigeria are reported. A careful assessment of traditional bone setting as practised today in Nigeria should be made for advocating its integration into modern orthopaedic traumatology.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005734:Gangrene / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000628:therapy*; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D009221:Myositis Ossificans / Q000209:etiology; D009549:Nigeria; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology; D000092464:Elbow Injuries