Fracture of the capitellum is intraarticular fractures that occured rarely about the elbow. It is usually caused by a fall on the outstretched upper extremity with the radial head impacting against the anterior portion of the lateral humeral condyle. ...
Fracture of the capitellum is intraarticular fractures that occured rarely about the elbow. It is usually caused by a fall on the outstretched upper extremity with the radial head impacting against the anterior portion of the lateral humeral condyle. We reviewed 4 patients with capitellum fracture of the humerus treated by open reduction and intemal fixation from Aug. 1990 to Mar. 1993. The isolated capitellum fractures were in 2 cases, associated radial head fracture in 1 case, associated humeral lateral condyle fracture in 1 case. The case combined comminuted fracture of the humeral lateral condyle was fair, others were good result.