Fractures of the capitellum humeri with late discovery
Di Schino, M.; Allizard, M.; Dran, G.; Lorthioir, J.M.; Grimaldi, F.M.; Merrien, Y.
Revue de Chirurgie Orthopedique et Reparatrice de l'Appareil Moteur 77(6): 432-434
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-1040 PMID: 1837167 Document Number: 368810
Four patients with an old fracture of the capitellum humeri were treated by simple excision of the fragment. The results were good in two patients and fair in the two others. The event of a painless period in two cases raised the problem of the limits with the osteochondritis dissecans.