肘関節外傷 -第3報-

上腕骨下端複合骨折について

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Intercondylar T or Y-shaped fractures of the lower end of the humerus are uncommon. In the fifteen and a half years between 1964 and June, 1979, only ten patients were treated for this condition at our Clinic. Of these six patients, we are able to reexamine. All six were of Riseborough and Radin's (1969) types IV.
Two fractures were open. The average of age at the time of injury was thirty-five. A 62-year-old lady was treated with Kirschner-wire traction. The other five cases were treated by open reduction. The average follow-up period was two years and nine moths. At follow-up, the range of motion at the elbow joint averaged 25-125 degrees. Rotation of the forearm was full in all cases. Four patients had good result after the open reduction.