tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "Simultaneous dislocation of the radial head and distal radio-ulnar joint. A case report"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu khoa học ngành y học tạp chí Medical Sciences dành cho các bạn sinh viên ngành y tham khảo đề tài: Simultaneous dislocation of the radial head and distal radio-ulnar joint. A case report. | Int. J. Med. Sci. 2008 5 292 Short Research Communication International Journal of Medical Sciences ISSN 1449-1907 2008 5 5 292-294 Ivyspring International Publisher. All rights reserved Simultaneous dislocation of the radial head and distal radio-ulnar joint. A case report . Verettas . Drosos . Xarchas . Chatzipapas H C. Staikos Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Medical School Democritus University of Thrace University General Hospital of Al-exandroupolis 68100 Alexandroupolis Greece. H Correspondence to Christos N. Chatzipapas MD PhD Orthopaedic Surgeon. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Medical School Democritus University of Thrace University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis 68100 Alexandroupolis Greece. Tel. 302551036550 Fax. 302551023326 Email hatzy@ Received Accepted Published Isolated dislocation of the distal radio-ulnar joint and isolated dislocation of the radial head in adults are not common injuries. A simultaneous dislocation of the radial head and distal radio-ulnar joint with no other injury seems to be extremely rare since only one report was found in the English literature. A similar case but with some differences in presentation and treatment is reported. Key words Simultaneous Dislocation Distal radio-ulnar joint Radial head Introduction Posttraumatic instability of the distal radio-ulnar joint DRUJ has been commonly described in association with Colles s type fractures 1 Smith s type fractures 2 fractures of the radial diaphysis Galeazzi s fracture-dislocation 2 fractures of the radial head 3 and elbow dislocations 4 5 . Isolated dislocation of the DRUJ although it has been described since 1777 by Desault 6 only few cases have been reported according to a recent review 7 . Isolated dislocation of the radial head is common in children but rare in adults as only 20 cases have been reported during the last 30 years 8 . A simultaneous dislocation of the radial head and distal