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Treatment of Adult Distal Humerus Fracture with Fishtail Deformity: A Case Report
Elias G Joseph1, Warren E Gardner2
1Department of Orthopaedics, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Case:
We report a single case of a closed intra-articular distal humerus fracture in a 28-year-old man with a preexisting fishtail deformity characterized by concavity of the central trochlea and corresponding deformity of the olecranon. The patient was treated with open reduction and internal fixation.
Conclusion:
The case highlights the diagnosis and challenges of treatment. Conventional fixation choices and imaging techniques may need to be altered when treating a fracture with this deformity.
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