Elbow: Trauma

Partial Articular Fracture of the Radial Head

Athwal GS, King GJW (Univ of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada) J Hand Surg Am 35:1679-1680, 2010^§

Abstract

Background

The management of displaced isolated partial articular fractures of the radial head remains controversial. A case was presented and the evidence supporting nonsurgical or surgical approaches was reviewed.

Case Report

Man, 40, fractured the right radial head after falling onto an outstretched hand. He can flex the elbow from 25° to 130° and has 80° of supination and 80° of pronation with no tenderness at the medial elbow, forearm, or distal radioulnar joint. Radiographs and computed tomograms show a simple partial articular anterolateral radial head fracture involving 40% of the radial head articular surface. There is a 2-mm incongruity.

Evidence

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