A fall on the outstretched hand may cause injury to the carpus, the distal or proximal end of the radius, or the distal or proximal end of the humerus. Much the most common injury is a Colles fracture or displacement of the distal radial epiphysis. When the carpus and distal portions of the radius do not fracture and the force transmitted to the elbow, a fracture of the radial head or neck may occur.
We have reviewed 30 cases of injury to the radial head or neck out of the 66 in which 8 cases were treated operatively from October 1981 to February 1986 and 58 cases treated conservatively from Decembar 1982 to February 1986. They were classified into 5 types and 2 types of them were concerned with the fracture of the radial head and neck in adults and the other 3 concerned with the fracture of the neck in childern. Subsequently, we evaluated the results of the 30 cases. We also made some additional literary considerations and reported what we treated chiefly concerning cases cared operatively.
