TY  - JOUR
T1  - Pediatric Elbow Dislocation Associated with Proximal Radioulnar TranslocationA Report of Three Cases and a Review of the Literature
AU  - Combourieu, Benoit
AU  - Thevenin-Lemoine, Camille
AU  - Abelin-Genevois, Kariman
AU  - Mary, Pierre
AU  - Damsin, Jean-Paul
AU  - Vialle, Raphaël
Y1  - 2010/07/21
N1  - 10.2106/JBJS.I.01694
JO  - The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
SP  - 1780
EP  - 1785
VL  - 92
IS  - 8
N2  - 
Elbow dislocation is uncommon in children1-3, accounting for <3% of elbow injuries. Since 1979, when MacSween4 was the first, as far as we know, to describe the case of a patient with proximal radioulnar translocation, also known as convergent elbow dislocation, twelve cases of this very uncommon elbow dislocation4-16 have been reported in children. Initial failure to recognize the true nature of the lesion is characteristic8-11,14. With misdiagnosis, delayed treatment may lead to a poor functional result8. We report the cases of three children with proximal radioulnar dislocation and suggest a pathophysiologic mechanism of injury for this rare condition. The parents of the patients were informed that data concerning the case would be submitted for publication, and they consented.

SN  - 0021-9355
M3  - doi: 10.2106/JBJS.I.01694
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.I.01694
ER  -