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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

Year 2021, Volume: 84 Issue: 3, 443 - 447, 31.07.2021
https://doi.org/10.26650/IUITFD.2020.0088

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.

References

  • 1. Tytherleigh-Strong G, Walls N, McQueen MM. The epidemiology of humeral shaft fractures. J Bone Joint Surg Br 1998;802(2):249-53. [CrossRef]
  • 2. Harrington P, Sharif I, Fogarty EE, Dowling FE, Moore DP. Management of the floating elbow injury in children: simultaneous ipsilateral fractures of the elbow and forearm. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 2000;120(3-4):205-8. [CrossRef]
  • 3. Jupiter JB, Kour AK, Richards RR, Nathan J, Meinhard B. The floating radius in bipolar fracture-dislocation of the forearm. J Orthop Trauma 1994;8(2):99-106. [CrossRef]
  • 4. Dhoju D, Sherestha D, Parajuli N, Dhakal G, Sherestha R. Ipsilateral supracondylar fracture and forearm bone injury in children: a retrospective review of thirty one cases. Kathmandu Univ Med J 2011;9(2):11-6. [CrossRef]
  • 5. Abutalib RA, Khoshhal KI. Multiple concomitant injuries in one upper extremity: a case report. Am J Case Rep 2016;17:6-11. [CrossRef]
  • 6. Manaan Q, Bashir A, Zahoor A, Mokhdomi TA, Danish Q. The floating upper limb: multiple injuries involving ipsilateral, proximal, humeral, supracondylar, and distal radial limb. Clin Orthop Surg 2016;8(3):345-8. [CrossRef]

BASİT DÜŞME SONRASI YAŞLI HASTADA AYNI TARAF EKSTREMİTEDE MULTİPL KIRIK; HUMERUS ŞAFT, OLECRANON, DİSTAL RADİUS VE DÖRDÜNCÜ METAKARPAL KEMİK KIRIĞI-OLGU SUNUMU

Year 2021, Volume: 84 Issue: 3, 443 - 447, 31.07.2021
https://doi.org/10.26650/IUITFD.2020.0088

Abstract

Yüzen ekstremite ile sonuçlanan yaralanmalar kompleks, ciddi sakatlıklara neden olabilen ve morbidite-mortalite riski yüksek olan yaralanmalardır. Bu olguda basit bir düşme sonucu aynı taraf humerus şaft, olekranon, radius alt uç ve dördüncü metakarpal kemik kırıkları olan, 77 yaşında bir kadın hastada nadir görülen yüzen bir üst ekstremite olgusunu sunmayı amaçladık. Humerus şaft, olekranon ve radius alt uç kırıkları ameliyat ile metakarp kırığı konservatif metot ile tedavi edildi. Hastanın ameliyat sonrası 3. yıl takibinde, ek şikayeti olmadığı, kırıkları tamamen iyileştiği ve dirsek, el bileği hareket açıklıklarının tam olduğu saptandı. Bu olgu da kırıklar için kullandığımız cerrahi teknikleri, yaralanma mekanizmasını ve fonksiyonel ve radyolojik sonuçları sunduk. Aynı uzuvdaki çoklu kemik kırıkları nadirdir ve tipik olarak yüksek enerjili bir travma ile ilişkilidir. Bu olgumuzda literatürde çok nadir bildirilen düşük enerjili bir travma sonucu gelişen aynı taraf ekstremitede birden fazla kırığı olan osteoporozlu hastayı sunduk.

References

  • 1. Tytherleigh-Strong G, Walls N, McQueen MM. The epidemiology of humeral shaft fractures. J Bone Joint Surg Br 1998;802(2):249-53. [CrossRef]
  • 2. Harrington P, Sharif I, Fogarty EE, Dowling FE, Moore DP. Management of the floating elbow injury in children: simultaneous ipsilateral fractures of the elbow and forearm. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 2000;120(3-4):205-8. [CrossRef]
  • 3. Jupiter JB, Kour AK, Richards RR, Nathan J, Meinhard B. The floating radius in bipolar fracture-dislocation of the forearm. J Orthop Trauma 1994;8(2):99-106. [CrossRef]
  • 4. Dhoju D, Sherestha D, Parajuli N, Dhakal G, Sherestha R. Ipsilateral supracondylar fracture and forearm bone injury in children: a retrospective review of thirty one cases. Kathmandu Univ Med J 2011;9(2):11-6. [CrossRef]
  • 5. Abutalib RA, Khoshhal KI. Multiple concomitant injuries in one upper extremity: a case report. Am J Case Rep 2016;17:6-11. [CrossRef]
  • 6. Manaan Q, Bashir A, Zahoor A, Mokhdomi TA, Danish Q. The floating upper limb: multiple injuries involving ipsilateral, proximal, humeral, supracondylar, and distal radial limb. Clin Orthop Surg 2016;8(3):345-8. [CrossRef]
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Primary Language English
Subjects Health Care Administration
Journal Section Case Reports
Authors

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

Lezgin Mert This is me 0000-0003-3602-6694

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

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

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

Publication Date July 31, 2021
Submission Date July 18, 2020
Published in Issue Year 2021 Volume: 84 Issue: 3

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APA Bayram, S., Mert, L., Ekinci, M., Akgül, T., et al. (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 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. July 2021;84(3):443-447. doi:10.26650/IUITFD.2020.0088
Chicago Bayram, Serkan, Lezgin Mert, Mehmet Ekinci, Turgut Akgül, and 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”. Journal of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine 84, no. 3 (July 2021): 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 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, 2021, doi: 10.26650/IUITFD.2020.0088.
ISNAD 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 84/3 (July 2021), 443-447. https://doi.org/10.26650/IUITFD.2020.0088.
JAMA 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, 2021, pp. 443-7, doi:10.26650/IUITFD.2020.0088.
Vancouver 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):443-7.

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