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What is this paper
A case report (Injury Extra, 2006) of a divergent elbow dislocation in a 3-year-old child — a rare injury in which the two forearm bones (radius and ulna) separate from each other as well as from the lower end of the upper-arm bone (humerus).
Why does it matter
Most paediatric elbow dislocations are simple posterior dislocations, where the radius and ulna stay together. A divergent pattern is unusual, and easy to miss on initial x-rays unless the clinician knows what to look for. Recognising the pattern early matters because the treatment — closed reduction under anaesthetic, sometimes with manipulation to restore the normal relationship between the radius and ulna — works best soon after injury. We have not been able to recover the structured abstract for this conference output, so a fuller plain-English summary is not provided here.
Source: Heidari N, et al. Divergent dislocation of the elbow in a 3-year-old. Injury Extra 2006. doi:10.1016/j.injury.2005.10.023
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