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21 year old patient with fractures of the radial head and capitellum in the elbow.Treated with plate fixation of the radial head and screw fixation of the capitellum.

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fracture-radial-head fracture-radial-head


This lady had a rather awkward fracture of the capitellum. Headless compression screws were used to fix the fracture, the suture anchors help to repair damaged tendons in the area.

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fracture of the capitellum fracture of the capitellum

This is a textbook-typical displaced fracture of the capitellum, fixed with a "back-to-front" headless compression screw.

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fracture of the capitellum  

10 year old girl with badly displaced fracture of the radial head. Under general anaesthetic the fracture was reduced by using a wire as a joystick and anatomical reduction was achieved without the need for an incision.

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fracture of the radial head fracture of the radial head
fracture of the radial head fracture of the radial head

47 year old lady with a displaced frature of the olecranon following a fall. Under general anaesthetic the fracture was reduced using a tension band wiring technique allowing early mobilisation straight away.

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This 70 year old lady sustained a badly comminuted fracture of the radial head following a simple fall. Unfortunately the fracture was not fixable and was then treated with a radial head replacement allowing good function.

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comminuted fracture  

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