GREENSTICK FRACTURE OF THE UPPER END OF THE ULNA WITH DISLOCATION OF THE RADIO-HUMERAL JOINT OR DISPLACEMENT OF THE SUPERIOR RADIAL EPIPHYSIS

Abstract

1. Five cases of greenstick fracture of the upper end of the ulna with dislocation of the radio-humeral joint are described.

2. Although the direction of angulation of the fracture and the corresponding displacement of the upper end of the radius may be lateral, medial or anterior, it is suggested that all five cases form a group in which the mechanism of injury is essentially the same. This mechanism is considered to be a fall on the outstretched hand with the forearm held in supination.

3. The complications of the injury are described.