Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes of Pediatric Radial Head Fractures

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics
Seung Min RyuSam-Guk Park

Abstract

The treatment of pediatric radial head fracture (RHF) is controversial, and the outcome is unpredictable. We aimed to evaluate the long term clinical and radiographic outcomes of patients with pediatric RHF. 24 patients with pediatric RHFs operated between January 2004 and 2012 were included in this retrospective study. 17 patients had extra articular radial head (EARH) fractures and 7 had intraarticular radial head (IARH) fractures. The Mayo Elbow Performance Score (MEPS), Tibone and Stoltz classification, range of motion (ROM), and carrying angle (CA) were evaluated. The radial head diameter (RHD) and radial head height (RHH), neck shaft angle (NSA), and distance from the radial head to the radial tuberosity (RHRT) were measured and compared with the other side in simple anteroposterior views of elbow radiographs. At the last followup, the mean MEPS was 100 and 97.9 in groups EARH and IARH, respectively. There were no clinically and radiographically significant differences between the groups. The injured elbows showed smaller ROMs than the uninjured elbows in flexion, supination, and pronation with statistically significant differences. However, the injured elbows showed larger extension ranges than the uninjured elbows with ...Continue Reading

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