Simultaneous bilateral Mason type IIb radial head fractures in a young female: Was an increased carrying angle the cause?
| dc.contributor.author | Raval, Pradyumna | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ni Fhoghlu, Cliodhna | |
| dc.contributor.author | Narayan Mahapatra, Anant | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-02T14:44:59Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2015-11-02T14:44:59Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/581548 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Radial head fracture is the most common type of elbow fracture in adults. It results from a fall on an outstretched hand. However, simultaneous bilateral radial head fractures are extremely rare. We report a case of simultaneous bilateral mason type IIb radial head fractures in a young female, which was treated nonoperatively with excellent results | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Wolters Kluwer Health | en |
| dc.subject | FRACTURE | en |
| dc.subject | HEAD INJURY | en |
| dc.subject | ORTHOPAEDICS | en |
| dc.title | Simultaneous bilateral Mason type IIb radial head fractures in a young female: Was an increased carrying angle the cause? | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| dc.contributor.department | Department of Orthopaedics, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, County Louth, Ireland | en |
| dc.identifier.journal | Journal of Orthopaedics & Allied Sciences | en |
| dc.description.funding | No funding | en |
| dc.description.province | Leinster | en |
| dc.description.peer-review | peer-review | en |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2018-08-30T14:28:35Z | |
| html.description.abstract | Radial head fracture is the most common type of elbow fracture in adults. It results from a fall on an outstretched hand. However, simultaneous bilateral radial head fractures are extremely rare. We report a case of simultaneous bilateral mason type IIb radial head fractures in a young female, which was treated nonoperatively with excellent results |
