title: Pediatric terrible triad elbow fracture dislocations: report of 2 cases.
abstract: An elbow dislocation associated with radial head and coronoid process fractures, the terrible triad injury, has an unpredictable outcome in adults and is rare in children. We present 2 such injuries in children, 1 combined with an olecranon fracture, and both with good early clinical outcomes. However, in 1 of the 2 cases, avascular necrosis of the proximal radius was evident on radiographs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Trauma, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece. dailiana@med.uth.gr
authors.forename: Zoe H
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Dailiana
authors.forename: Loukia K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Papatheodorou
authors.forename: Sotirios G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Michalitsis
authors.forename: Sokratis E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Varitimidis
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D010020:Osteonecrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D011884:Radius / Q000473:pathology; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014458:Ulna Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D000092464:Elbow Injuries
keywords: Children; coronoid process fracture; elbow terrible triad; olecranon fracture; radial head fracture