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Imaging in Pediatric Skeletal Trauma pp 257–281Cite as

Elbow Injuries

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Approximately 65%–75% of fractures in children occur in the upper limb, principally due to their tendency to fall on an outstretched hand. Most fractures occur at the distal radius with less than 10% of them occurring at the elbow. Of the elbow injuries, the vast majority are at the distal end of the humerus with the supracondylar fracture being the commonest, followed by lateral condyle fractures

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  1. Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, B4 6NH, UK

    Edward Bache FRCS (ortho) (Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon)

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  1. Department of Radiology, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, B4 6NH, UK

    Karl J. Johnson MD, MRCP, FRCR (Consultant Paediatric Radiologist) (Consultant Paediatric Radiologist)

  2. Birmingham Children Hospital, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, B4 6NH, UK

    Edward Bache FRCS (ortho) (Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon) (Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon)

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Bache, E. (2008). Elbow Injuries. In: Johnson, K.J., Bache, E. (eds) Imaging in Pediatric Skeletal Trauma. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68261-5_18

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