| Elbow fracture dislocations present a variety of problems. Instability with recurrent anterior subluxation can arise when the injury destroys both the radial head and the coronoid buttress. In this case, the patient sustained an elbow fracture-dislocation with a comminuted radial head fracture and 50% coronoid fracture. |
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| Injury: |
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| Initial reduction, elsewhere. |
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| Redisplaced 2 days later: |
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| Radial head excision and coronoid soft tissue attachment reinsertion with bone anchors: |
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| Remodelling, heterotopic ossification and posttraumatic joint changes two years postoperative, but no instability: |
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