Abstract

• The intra-anicular fracture of the elbow joint can render the elbow joint unstable. In this situation. it is desired to reduce and fix the bone fragment internally. The goal of treatment of the intra-aficular fracture of the elbow joint is a painless, stable elbow to provide a favorable range of motion.
  Fourteen patients of the intra-articular fraciure of the elbow joint who were treated with Herbert screw in Eul Ji General Hospital, Taejon from October, 1993 to December, 1994. were analyzed in clinical and radiologic aspects.
  The results obiained from this study were as follows;
  1. Among 74 patients, male were 11 cases(78.5%) and female were 3 cases(21.5%).
  2. The average age of patients were 31.8 years with range from 15 years to 11 years and the follow-up period ranged from 16 months to 33 months with average 19.6 months.
  3. The most common cause of injury was fall down(50.0%) followed by slip down(28.5%) and traffic acrident(21.5%).
  4. The most common intra-articular frarture of the elbow joint was capitellum fracture(50.0%) rollowed by radial head fracture(35.6%).
  5. Through late radiologic assessment, there was 1 case of post-traumatic arthritis.
  6. The result of treatment were excellent in 6 patients(42.8%), good in 1 patients(50.0%) fair in 1 patient(7.2%) by functional rating index of Morrey.
• Key words: Elbow joint, Intra-articular fracture, Herbert screw

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