Treatment of congenital radial head dislocation with a computer-assisted hexapod external fixator: A case report
Özgür Karakoyun 1 * , Mehmet Fatih Erol, Mesut Karıksız
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1 Orthopedics and Travmatology Department of Namik Kemal University, Tekirdağ, Turkey* Corresponding Author

Abstract

Congenital dislocation of the radial head (CDRH), a congenital anomaly of the elbow, can cause symptoms such as joint stiffness, snapping, locking, or pain, however the diagnosis is sometimes made incidentally from x-rays. The treatment goal is to ameliorate the symptoms and obtain a joint with a full range of motion. This paper presents a case of unilateral CDRH that was asymptomatic until adolescence, when locking and snapping developed. Several treatment options are described in the literature. Although the conventional and computer-assisted external fixator systems are used in several clinical pictures such as extremity deformities, joint contractures and fixation of acute fractures etc a computer-assisted external fixator system has not been used for CDRH. We successfully performed ulnar dorsal translation and a lengthening osteotomy with a computer-assisted external fixator to reduce the radial head indirectly and had satisfactory functional and clinical results.

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Article Type: Case Report

J Clin Exp Invest, 2015, Volume 6, Issue 3, 301-305

https://doi.org/10.5799/ahinjs.01.2015.03.0537

Publication date: 25 Oct 2015

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