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Epicondyle Fractures (Subscribe)
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AO Classification of Distal Humerus Fractures
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13-Humerus Distal -Comprehensive Classification of Fractures of Long Bones
Medial Epicondyle Fracture of the Humerus Wheeless
- third most common pediatric elbow fracture (5-10%) (behind supracondylar and lateral condylar fractures);
- most common between ages of 9 and 14 years;
- mechanism of injury is valgus strain of the joint, producing traction on the medial epicondyle thru the flexor muscles
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
- most common between ages of 9 and 14 years;
- mechanism of injury is valgus strain of the joint, producing traction on the medial epicondyle thru the flexor muscles
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
