Fracture of the head of the radius treated by elbow cast.
The management of fractures of the radial head is still a controversial subject. Fifty cases of radial head fractures have been treated by conservative means. These cases were immobilized in a plaster Paris cylinder cast for 3 weeks to restrict the movement of flexion and extension at the elbow, while encouraging supination and pronation movements from the very beginning. The cases have been evaluated and 43/50 have shown excellent results.
D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009068:Movement; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000628:therapy*; D000092464:Elbow Injuries