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  4. Elbow trauma

Elbow trauma

  • Are radial head fractures easily missed on plain films?
  • How are distal humerus fractures classified?
  • How are elbow dislocations classified?
  • In adults, which two sites in the elbow are most commonly injured?
  • In children, what site in the elbow is most commonly injured?
  • May the posterior fat pad ever be seen normally?
  • What additional view should be ordered when there is strong clinical suspicion of radial head fracture but no visible fracture on a standard projection?
  • What are the clues as to the presence of a supracondylar fracture?
  • What are the posterior fat pad and sail signs?
  • What associated injuries should always be looked for?
  • What conditions must be met to confidently diagnose a joint effusion by plain film radiography?
  • What is an Essex-Lopresti injury?
  • What is golfer's elbow?
  • What is more specific for a joint effusion, the anterior or posterior sail sign?
  • What is tennis elbow?
  • What is the anterior humeral line?
  • What is the mechanism of injury associated with radial head fractures?
  • What is the most common elbow dislocation?
  • What is the nursemaid's elbow?
  • What is the radiocapitellar line?
  • Which elbow fracture is most commonly associated with an intraarticular loose body?
  • Why is identifying an elbow joint effusion critical in trauma?

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