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Recurrent posterior dislocation of the head of the radius in post-traumatic cubitus varus

1995; British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery; Volume: 77-B; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1302/0301-620x.77b4.7615602

2044-5377

Muneaki Abe, Tsunehiko Ishizu, Takayasu Nagaoka, Toshinobu Onomura,

Bone fractures and treatments

Four patients who had injured the lower end of the humerus in childhood with resulting cubitus varus developed recurrent posterior dislocation of the head of the radius after further injury to the elbow. Dislocation occurred when the forearm was supinated and spontaneous reduction took place on pronation. At operation the lateral ligament complex was seen to be lax and elongated. After tightening of the ligament and with a supracondylar osteotomy of the humerus to correct the cubitus varus the recurrent dislocation was eliminated.