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| Atraumatic elbow dislocation without fractures in an elderly patient | ||||||
| Rida-Allah Bassir1, Monsef Boufettal1, Mustapha Mahfoud2, Ahmed Elbardouni2, Mohamed Saleh Berrada2, Moradh Elyaacoubi2 | ||||||
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1Doctor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Mohamed V Souissi University, Rabat, Morocco.
2Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Mohamed V Souissi University, Rabat, Morocco. | ||||||
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| Bassir RA, Boufettal M, Mahfoud M, Elbardouni A, Berrada MS, Elyaacoubi M. Atraumatic elbow dislocation without fractures in an elderly patient. Int J Case Rep Images 2014;5(8):595–599. |
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Abstract
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Introduction:
Atraumatic dislocation without fractures is a very rare condition in elderly patient. Elbow dislocations are frequently affiliated with a variety of fractures involving the ulna and radius. To our knowledge, there is not any record of adult atraumatic elbow dislocation without fractures in literature.
Case Report: Herein, we report a case of a purely left elbow dislocation in an elderly patient without obvious trauma. Good reduction was achieved by closed method. We present a review of literature highlighting the characteristics and treatment options of this rare condition. Conclusion: The good understanding of the pathophysiology of this type of dislocation helps to avoid during the reduction maneuver; any fracture or incarceration of ulnar nerve, requiring the surgical reduction and worsening the functional prognosis of the elbow. | |
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Keywords:
Atraumatic, Elbow dislocation, Treatment
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Author Contributions
Rida-Allah Bassir – Conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Critical revision of the article, Final approval of the version to be published Monsef Boufettal – Conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Critical revision of the article, Final approval of the version to be published Mustapha Mahfoud – Conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Critical revision of the article, Final approval of the version to be published Ahmed Elbardouni – Conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Critical revision of the article, Final approval of the version to be published Mohamed Saleh Berrada – Conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Critical revision of the article, Final approval of the version to be published Moradh Elyaacoubi – Conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Critical revision of the article, Final approval of the version to be published |
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Guarantor of submission
The corresponding author is the guarantor of submission. |
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Conflict of interest
Authors declare no conflict of interest. |
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Copyright
© 2014 Rida-Allah Bassir et al. This article is distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original author(s) and original publisher are properly credited. Please see the copyright policy on the journal website for more information. |
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