Isolated lateral traumatic dislocation of the radial head in a boy: case report
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Development of a Novel Internal Fixation Model for Rat Radial Fractures: Fracture Healing Assessment and Dorsal Root Ganglion Isolation
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Y Yasuwaki1, H Itagane, Y Nagata
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
The Journal of Trauma
|August 1, 1993
Abstract:
Lateral traumatic dislocation of the radial head occurred in a 9-year-old boy with cubitus varus. Reduction of the dislocation and immobilization of the arm in flexion and supination in a plaster cast for 4 weeks were done and after 6 months the boy returned to school, with no problems in daily living.
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