title: Severe injury of bilateral elbow joints with unilateral terrible triad of the elbow and unilateral suspected terrible triad of the elbow complicated with olecranon fracture: one case report.
abstract: Terrible triad of the elbow is characterized as posterior dislocation of the elbow joint accompanied by the fractures of the radial head and coronoid process of the ulna, which is rarely seen in clinical practice, especially because the mild fracture is barely detected by imaging method In this study, we reported one case of serious complex bilateral elbow injury, presenting with unilateral typical terrible triad of the elbow and suspected terrible triad of the elbow complicated with olecranon fracture on the other side. Clinical experience was obtained during the diagnosis and treatment procedures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University 58 Zhongshan Erlu, Dongshan District, Guangzhou 510080, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Guoqing
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zha
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University 58 Zhongshan Erlu, Dongshan District, Guangzhou 510080, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Xiaofeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University 58 Zhongshan Erlu, Dongshan District, Guangzhou 510080, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Weiguang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University 58 Zhongshan Erlu, Dongshan District, Guangzhou 510080, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Liangbao
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xiao
keywords: Coronoid process fracture; radial head fracture; terrible triad of the elbow