Clinical Experience of the Ilizarov Application for Correction of Ulnar Defect with a Dislocated Radial Head: 2 Cases report
10.4055/jkoa.1995.30.5.1267
- Author:
Kwang Jin LEE
;
Sang Rho AHN
;
Chan Hee PARK
;
Jin Sun JEONG
;
Kee Young OH
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Ulnar defect;
Radial head dislocation;
Ilizarov
- MeSH:
Chungcheongnam-do;
Congenital Abnormalities;
Dislocations;
Forearm;
Head;
Humans;
Ilizarov Technique;
Osteomyelitis;
Ulna
- From:The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
1995;30(5):1267-1271
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
2 patients of forearm deformities with ulnar defect and radial head dislocation were treated with the Ilizarov apparatus at Chungnam University Hospital. One patient had a severe hypoplastic remnant-like ulnar fragment and a anterolaterally dislocated radial head due to complicated osteomyelitis of ulnar. We applied an Ilizarov apparatus to transport the radial head distally, and fixed to remaining proximal ulnar fragment. The other had a large bony defect at the ulnar shaft and a dislocated radial head due to complicated osteomyelitis of ulna. We performed internal transport of ulna to decreased the ulnar defect and to descend the dislocated radial head. The clinical-radiological features and functional results of those 2 forearm deformities were described with brief review of the articles about the Ilizarov method for correction of forearm defor- mities.
