Coronal shear fracture of the distal humerus in an 11-year-old patient.
Coronal shear fractures of the distal humerus are uncommon in the pediatric population. We present the case of an 11-year-old girl who sustained a coronal shear fracture of the distal humerus, requiring open reduction and internal fixation with the use of headless screws. At the time of the latest follow-up, she had fully recovered the range of motion on the affected limb, had returned to full physical activities without limitations, radiographs showed a completely healed fracture with restoration of the articular line, and there was no signs of avascular necrosis of the capitellum.
Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital, UCLA/Orthopaedic Hospital Department of Orthopaedics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90007, USA. msilva@laoh.ucla.edu
Mauricio
M
Silva
Payam
P
Moazzaz
D001863:Bone Screws; D002648:Child; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D004838:Epiphyses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D017102:Fracture Healing; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D057072:Intra-Articular Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D000092464:Elbow Injuries