Management of the floating elbow injury in children

2000 ◽  
Vol 120 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 205-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Harrington ◽  
I. Sharif ◽  
E. E. Fogarty ◽  
F. E. Dowling ◽  
D. P. Moore
Keyword(s):  
Elbow Injury ◽  
Floating Elbow ◽  
Floating Elbow Injury

scholarly journals Floating elbow injury in high energy trauma and prognosis: A case study

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-128
Author(s):  
Dr. Nitin S Patil ◽  
Dr. Harshil Panchal ◽  
Dr. Mohit Nadkarni ◽  
Dr. Ismail Pandor ◽  
Dr. Vibhu Pratap Singh
Keyword(s):  
High Energy ◽  
High Energy Trauma ◽  
Elbow Injury ◽  
Floating Elbow ◽  
Floating Elbow Injury

Management of Elbow Ankylosis in a Head Injured Patient with Floating Elbow Injury

Orthopedics ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Alejandro Badia ◽  
Mario I. Quiros ◽  
Prakash Khanchandani
Keyword(s):  
Injured Patient ◽  
Elbow Injury ◽  
Head Injured Patient ◽  
Head Injured ◽  
Floating Elbow ◽  
Floating Elbow Injury ◽  
Elbow Ankylosis

scholarly journals Repeated floating elbow injury after high-energy trauma

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olimpio Galasso ◽  
Massimo Mariconda ◽  
Giorgio Gasparini
Keyword(s):  
High Energy ◽  
High Energy Trauma ◽  
Elbow Injury ◽  
Floating Elbow ◽  
Floating Elbow Injury

scholarly journals Coincidence of Ipsilateral Humeral Shaft, Monteggia and Both Bone Fractures; A Floating Elbow with Significant Recovery

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 01-03
Author(s):  
Seyyed Hosseininejad
Keyword(s):  
Open Fracture ◽  
Bone Fractures ◽  
Shaft Fracture ◽  
Humeral Shaft Fracture ◽  
Humeral Shaft ◽  
Terrible Triad ◽  
Elbow Injury ◽  
Floating Elbow ◽  
Car Accident ◽  
Floating Elbow Injury

The coincidence of forearm and humeral shaft fractures results in a “floating elbow” injury necessitating surgical open reduction and internal fixation of all fractures to allocate for maintenance of elbow joint suitable motion and minimizing stiffness. Here we introduce a case of an ipsilateral humeral shaft fracture and Monteggia and both bone fracture with terrible triad open fracture from a pedestrian car accident (PCA) to his right upper extremity.

Analysis of complications after a floating elbow injury

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 607-615 ◽  
Author(s):  
Verónica Jiménez-Díaz ◽  
Ismael Auñón-Martín ◽  
Carlos Olaya-González ◽  
Miguel Aroca-Peinado ◽  
David Cecilia-López ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elbow Injury ◽  
Floating Elbow ◽  
Floating Elbow Injury

scholarly journals Combined Ipsilateral Humeral Shaft and Galeazzi Fractures Creating a Floating Elbow Variant

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Patrick Lee ◽  
Allison Z. Piatek ◽  
Michael J. DeRogatis ◽  
Paul S. Issack
Keyword(s):  
Internal Fixation ◽  
Range Of Motion ◽  
Open Reduction ◽  
Humeral Fracture ◽  
Humeral Shaft ◽  
Proximal Ulna ◽  
Elbow Injury ◽  
Anatomic Reduction ◽  
Elbow Injuries ◽  
Floating Elbow

“Floating elbow” injuries of the arm traditionally represent a combination of humeral shaft and forearm fractures which require anatomic rigid open reduction and internal fixation of all fractures to allow for early range of motion exercises of the elbow. There are published variants of the floating elbow injury which include ipsilateral diaphyseal humeral fracture, proximal ulna fracture with proximal radioulnar joint disruption, and ipsilateral diaphyseal humeral fracture with elbow dislocation and both bones forearm fracture. We present the case of a 21-year-old woman whose left arm became caught between the side of a waterslide and adjacent rocks at a park. She sustained a torsional and axial loading injury to her left upper extremity resulting in ipsilateral humeral shaft and Galeazzi fractures. The combination of ipsilateral humeral shaft and Galeazzi fractures resulted in a rare floating elbow variant. Prompt open reduction and internal fixation of both fractures and early range of motion of the elbow and wrist resulted in an excellent clinical and radiographic result. Floating elbow injuries and their variants should be promptly recognized as early anatomic reduction, and rigid internal fixation can allow for good elbow function with minimization of stiffness.

Elbow injury

1993 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-115
Author(s):  
LEONARD E. SWISCHUK
Keyword(s):  
Elbow Injury
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