Case Report

MULTIPLE FRACTURES IN A SINGLE UPPER EXTREMITY: HUMERAL SHAFT, OLECRANON, DISTAL RADIUS AND FOURTH METACARPAL BONE FRACTURES IN AN ELDERLY PATIENT AFTER A FALL: A CASE REPORT

Volume: 84 Number: 3 July 31, 2021
  • Serkan Bayram *
  • Lezgin Mert
  • Mehmet Ekinci
  • Turgut Akgül
  • İrfan Öztürk
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MULTIPLE FRACTURES IN A SINGLE UPPER EXTREMITY: HUMERAL SHAFT, OLECRANON, DISTAL RADIUS AND FOURTH METACARPAL BONE FRACTURES IN AN ELDERLY PATIENT AFTER A FALL: A CASE REPORT

Abstract

Floating limb is a complicated injury and is associated with limb deformation and increased morbidity and mortality. We report a rare case of a floating upper limb in a 77-year old woman with ipsilateral humeral shaft, olecranon, distal radial and metacarpal bone fractures after a simple fall. The patient underwent surgery for humerus shaft, olecranon, and distal radius and was treated surgically with the 4th metacarpal conservative method. At the final follow-up 3 years after surgery, the patient had no complaints, all fracture had healed completely and elbow-wrist range of motion was complete. We discuss the surgical procedures that we used for the fractures, the mechanism of injury and the functional and radiological results. Multiple bone fractures in the same limb are rare and typically associated with high-trauma. We reported a unique case of an elderly patient with osteoporosis having multiple fractures in the same extremity that occurred as a result of low-energy trauma.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Health Care Administration

Journal Section

Case Report

Authors

Serkan Bayram * This is me
0000-0001-7651-1200
Türkiye

Mehmet Ekinci This is me
0000-0001-7337-3615
Türkiye

Turgut Akgül This is me
0000-0002-0704-3797
Türkiye

İrfan Öztürk This is me
0000-0002-3504-3479
Türkiye

Publication Date

July 31, 2021

Submission Date

July 18, 2020

Acceptance Date

December 12, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 84 Number: 3

APA
Bayram, S., Mert, L., Ekinci, M., Akgül, T., & Öztürk, İ. (2021). MULTIPLE FRACTURES IN A SINGLE UPPER EXTREMITY: HUMERAL SHAFT, OLECRANON, DISTAL RADIUS AND FOURTH METACARPAL BONE FRACTURES IN AN ELDERLY PATIENT AFTER A FALL: A CASE REPORT. Journal of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, 84(3), 443-447. https://doi.org/10.26650/IUITFD.2020.0088
AMA
1.Bayram S, Mert L, Ekinci M, Akgül T, Öztürk İ. MULTIPLE FRACTURES IN A SINGLE UPPER EXTREMITY: HUMERAL SHAFT, OLECRANON, DISTAL RADIUS AND FOURTH METACARPAL BONE FRACTURES IN AN ELDERLY PATIENT AFTER A FALL: A CASE REPORT. İst Tıp Fak Derg. 2021;84(3):443-447. doi:10.26650/IUITFD.2020.0088
Chicago
Bayram, Serkan, Lezgin Mert, Mehmet Ekinci, Turgut Akgül, and İrfan Öztürk. 2021. “MULTIPLE FRACTURES IN A SINGLE UPPER EXTREMITY: HUMERAL SHAFT, OLECRANON, DISTAL RADIUS AND FOURTH METACARPAL BONE FRACTURES IN AN ELDERLY PATIENT AFTER A FALL: A CASE REPORT”. Journal of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine 84 (3): 443-47. https://doi.org/10.26650/IUITFD.2020.0088.
EndNote
Bayram S, Mert L, Ekinci M, Akgül T, Öztürk İ (July 1, 2021) MULTIPLE FRACTURES IN A SINGLE UPPER EXTREMITY: HUMERAL SHAFT, OLECRANON, DISTAL RADIUS AND FOURTH METACARPAL BONE FRACTURES IN AN ELDERLY PATIENT AFTER A FALL: A CASE REPORT. Journal of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine 84 3 443–447.
IEEE
[1]S. Bayram, L. Mert, M. Ekinci, T. Akgül, and İ. Öztürk, “MULTIPLE FRACTURES IN A SINGLE UPPER EXTREMITY: HUMERAL SHAFT, OLECRANON, DISTAL RADIUS AND FOURTH METACARPAL BONE FRACTURES IN AN ELDERLY PATIENT AFTER A FALL: A CASE REPORT”, İst Tıp Fak Derg, vol. 84, no. 3, pp. 443–447, July 2021, doi: 10.26650/IUITFD.2020.0088.
ISNAD
Bayram, Serkan - Mert, Lezgin - Ekinci, Mehmet - Akgül, Turgut - Öztürk, İrfan. “MULTIPLE FRACTURES IN A SINGLE UPPER EXTREMITY: HUMERAL SHAFT, OLECRANON, DISTAL RADIUS AND FOURTH METACARPAL BONE FRACTURES IN AN ELDERLY PATIENT AFTER A FALL: A CASE REPORT”. Journal of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine 84/3 (July 1, 2021): 443-447. https://doi.org/10.26650/IUITFD.2020.0088.
JAMA
1.Bayram S, Mert L, Ekinci M, Akgül T, Öztürk İ. MULTIPLE FRACTURES IN A SINGLE UPPER EXTREMITY: HUMERAL SHAFT, OLECRANON, DISTAL RADIUS AND FOURTH METACARPAL BONE FRACTURES IN AN ELDERLY PATIENT AFTER A FALL: A CASE REPORT. İst Tıp Fak Derg. 2021;84:443–447.
MLA
Bayram, Serkan, et al. “MULTIPLE FRACTURES IN A SINGLE UPPER EXTREMITY: HUMERAL SHAFT, OLECRANON, DISTAL RADIUS AND FOURTH METACARPAL BONE FRACTURES IN AN ELDERLY PATIENT AFTER A FALL: A CASE REPORT”. Journal of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, vol. 84, no. 3, July 2021, pp. 443-7, doi:10.26650/IUITFD.2020.0088.
Vancouver
1.Serkan Bayram, Lezgin Mert, Mehmet Ekinci, Turgut Akgül, İrfan Öztürk. MULTIPLE FRACTURES IN A SINGLE UPPER EXTREMITY: HUMERAL SHAFT, OLECRANON, DISTAL RADIUS AND FOURTH METACARPAL BONE FRACTURES IN AN ELDERLY PATIENT AFTER A FALL: A CASE REPORT. İst Tıp Fak Derg. 2021 Jul. 1;84(3):443-7. doi:10.26650/IUITFD.2020.0088

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