4. Left arm:
• Marked tenderness, swelling and deformity at
above elbow
• Limited ROM of elbow due to pain
• Radial artery and Ulnar artery pulse 2+
• No numbness and weakness
12. m/c- extension type
most commonly in children aged 5 to 7
mechanism of injury:
• fall on outstretched hand
Associated injuries:
• anterior interosseous nerve neurapraxia
• radial nerve palsy
• ulnar nerve palsy
• vascular injury (1%)
13. Gartland type
Type I Nondisplaced
Type II Displaced, posterior cortex intact
Type III Completely displaced
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15.
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17. pain
refusal to move the elbow
gross deformity
swelling
bruising
limited active elbow motion
neurovascular
18. posterior fat pad sign
displacement of the anterior humeral line
alteration of Baumann angle
22. Gartland type
Type I Long arm casting 3-4 weeks
Type II Closed reduction
+ long arm casting
± percutaneous pinning
Type III Closed reduction
+ long arm casting
+ percutaneous pinning
• In Type II
• If reduction stable in elbow’s angle below than 90o, usually
use percutaneous pinning because if stabilized in that
position, it should be compressed vessel.
23. Pin migration
Infection
Cubitus valgus/Cubitus varus
Nerve palsy/Vascular Injury
Volkmann ischemic contracture
• lack of blood flow (ischemia) to the forearm (After
reduction and stabilized elbow <90o)
Postoperative Stiffness