Olecranon fracture is a fracture of the bony portion of the elbow. The injury is fairly common and often occurs following a fall or direct trauma to the...
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attached. Fractures of the olecranon are common injuries. An olecranon fracture with anterior displacement of the radial head is called a Hume fracture. The...
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The Hume fracture is an injury of the elbow comprising a fracture of the olecranon with an associated anterior dislocation of the radial head which occurs...
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Hume fracture – a fracture of the olecranon with an associated anterior dislocation of the radial head Radius fracture Essex-Lopresti fracture – a fracture...
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olecranon fossa is a deep triangular depression on the posterior side of the humerus, superior to the trochlea. It provides space for the olecranon of...
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forces, promoting bone healing.[citation needed] Olecranon fracture Patella fracture Malleolar fracture Orthopedic plates Tosti, Rick; Hozack, Bryan A.;...
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Eponymous fractures and fracture-dislocations are most commonly named after the doctor who first described them. They may also be named after an activity...
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fractures are any broken bone in or near the elbow joint and include olecranon fractures, supracondylar humerus fractures and radial head fractures....
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humerus fractures typically result from a fall on to an outstretched hand, usually leading to a forced hyperextension of the elbow. The olecranon acts as...
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Ulna (redirect from Ulnar fracture)
- a fracture of the olecranon with an associated anterior dislocation of the radial head Conservative management is possible for ulnar fractures when...
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humerus fractures usually occur as a result of physical trauma to the elbow region. If the elbow is bent during the trauma, then the olecranon is driven...
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the following- Olecranon fractures Distal humerus fractures Medial epicondylar fractures Valgus stress Childhood supracondylar fracture Transient occlusion...
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List of orthopaedic eponyms (redirect from Fractures with eponyms)
Aviator's fracture Bankart's fracture Barton's fracture Bennett's fracture Boxer's fracture Bumper fracture Burst fracture Bosworth fracture Chance fracture Chopart's...
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(trochlea and capitulum), and 3 fossae (radial fossa, coronoid fossa, and olecranon fossa). As well as its true anatomical neck, the constriction below the...
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radius fractures. Hume fracture - a fracture of the olecranon with an associated anterior dislocation of the radial head. Monteggia fracture - a fracture of...
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pressed in the olecranon fossa by the triceps tendon, and hence invisible on lateral radiograph of the elbow. When there is a fracture of the distal humerus...
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Medial epicondyle of the humerus (section Fractures)
inferior to the medial supracondylar ridge. It is also proximal to the olecranon fossa. The medial epicondyle protects the ulnar nerve, which runs in a...
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stress fractures, muscles, nerve entrapment, vascular lesions, and ganglia. For example: Low back pain Tennis elbow Golfer's elbow Olecranon bursitis...
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usually result from a shoulder dislocation or fractures of the upper part of the humerus or around the olecranon, or any injury that damages the radial nerve...
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tightened the bone fragments are compressed together. Fractures of the kneecap and the olecranon process of the elbow are commonly treated by this method...
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passes to the elbow joint while the ulnar nerve is passing between the olecranon and medial epicondyle of the humerus In the forearm, via the muscular...
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of Olecranon Fractures in 1973. He assisted his colleague Robert Mulholland to treat mountaineer Doug Scott, three weeks after he had badly fractured both...
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It is directly inferior to the coronoid fossa anteriorly and to the olecranon fossa posteriorly. In humans, these two fossae, the most prominent in...
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syndrome. The tunnel is formed by the medial epicondyle of the humerus, the olecranon process of the ulna and the tendinous arch joining the humeral and ulnar...
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trauma to the face, head, breasts, and left elbow, with her olecranon sustaining multiple fractures. Her genitalia and rectum had been torn, caused in part...
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region 726.31 Medial epicondylitis 726.32 Lateral epicondylitis 726.33 Olecranon bursitis 726.4 Enthesopathy of wrist and carpus 726.5 Enthesopathy of...
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Joseph Banks. An Essay on the Fracture of the Patella or Kneepan ... with Observations on the Fracture of the Olecranon, London, 1789; new edition London...
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also supports strong attachment for the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle. The olecranon fossa is large and deep and there is a prominent trochlear keel, which...
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atrial myxoma CRITOE: Capitellum Radial head Internal epicondyle Trochlea Olecranon External epicondyle "Blood can be very bad": Blood Cistern Brain Ventricles...
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