title: [Bipolar dislocation of the forearm].
abstract: The authors report the case of a 23 year old patient, who presented the following combination of injuries after a fall, namely a divergent dislocation of the elbow, a fracture of the radial head, a fracture of the ulna and a perilunate dislocation with scaphoid fracture. The entire injury thus represented a bipolar dislocation of the forearm. The emergency management consisted of a closed reduction of the elbow together with osteosynthesis of the ulna, internal fixation of the scaphoid with a compression screw, and scaphocapitate K wiring. After 26 months, the function of the elbow was satisfactory, and the range of motion of the wrist was from 50 degrees of flexion to 40 degrees of extension. Satisfactory healing of the scaphoid was observed. This combination of injuries has only rarely been reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Service de traumatologie-orthopédie, CHU de Marrakech, Morocco. youssefnajeb@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Najeb
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Essadki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Latifi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fikry
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000328:Adult; D001863:Bone Screws; D001864:Bone Wires; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004630:Emergencies; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012667:Lunate Bone / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma; D011859:Radiography; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D021361:Scaphoid Bone / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014458:Ulna Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000502:physiology; D000092464:Elbow Injuries