title: The Floating Upper Limb: Multiple Injuries Involving Ipsilateral, Proximal, Humeral, Supracondylar, and Distal Radial Limb.
abstract: Floating arm injury represents a common yet complicated injury of the childhood severely associated with limb deformation and even morbidity, if not precisely addressed and credibly operated. Here, we report a rare floating upper limb case of a 9-year-old boy with multiple injuries of ipsilateral proximal humeral, supracondylar and distal radial limb. This is the first report to document such a combined floating elbow and floating arm injury in the same limb. In this report, we discuss the surgical procedures used and recovery of the patient monitored to ascertain the effectiveness of the method in limb reorganisation.
authors: Government Bone & Joint Hospital, Srinagar, India.
authors: Qazi
authors: Q
authors: Manaan
authors: Government Bone & Joint Hospital, Srinagar, India.
authors: Adil
authors: A
authors: Bashir
authors: Government Bone & Joint Hospital, Srinagar, India.
authors: Adnan
authors: A
authors: Zahoor
authors: Department of Biotechnology, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India.
authors: Taseem A
authors: TA
authors: Mokhdomi
authors: Department of Biotechnology, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India.; Multi-Disciplinary Research Unit, Government Medical College, Srinagar, India.
authors: Qazi
authors: Q
authors: Danish
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D001864:Bone Wires; D002648:Child; D005592:Fracture Fixation; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma; D011859:Radiography; D011885:Radius Fractures; D034941:Upper Extremity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery
keywords: Humeral fractures; Kirschner wires; Multiple trauma