A rare combination of fractures around the elbow： Bony variant of terrible triad

作     者：Vishal Kumar Avinash Kumar Sameer Aggarwal Kumar Vishal;Kumar Avinash;Aggarwal Sameer

作者机构：Department of Orthopedic Surgery Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh 160012 India 

出 版 物：《Chinese Journal of Traumatology》 (中华创伤杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2015年第18卷第6期

页      面：363-366页

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学科分类：10[医学] 

主　　题：Radial heads Elbow Fractures Bone 

摘      要：Radial head and coronoid fractures without posterior dislocation of the elbow have not been recorded in the literature. There is no literature documenting the combined fractures of the radial head, capitellum and coronoid process together in the same elbow. This is a case report highlighting this combination of fractures in a 30 year old patient treated with open reduction and internal fixation of all three fractures. The patient was followed up for 28 months and had a good range of motion of the elbow without any instabiliW. Thus such a triad with no ligamentous injuries could depict a bony variant of terrible triad and a mechanism for such an injury has also been explained.