Radial head fractures have a misleading name — it’s a common elbow injury, not a head injury. There are a few different radial head fracture types with various causes and ways to treat this ...

When trying to stop your fall, the force could be translated up the radius bone in the arm to the elbow resulting in a painful fracture of the radial head. Today’s article deals with the ...

A press-fit radial head arthroplasty is a procedure that helps restore the function of the head of your radius bone, one of the long arm bones that connects your forearm to your elbow joint and ...

A radial head arthroplasty (RHA) is a procedure to replace the head of the radius bone — one of the two biggest bones in your arm that connect your wrist and elbow joints. RHA treats elbow ...

Radial head fractures are common injuries, occurring in about 20% of all acute elbow injuries ... and supination of the forearm. Due to the anatomy of this joint, fractures here are usually ...

All patients had chronic, post-traumatic elbow disorders, which were treated at least 4 weeks after sustaining the injury. The study involved two radial head implants. Between 1993 and 1999 ...

New data revealed that concomitant elbow injuries did not affect long-term outcomes of patients with unreconstructable radial head fractures requiring radial head arthroplasty. Graham J.

DePuy has recalled its elbow joint replacement device known as the “DePuy Synthes Radial Head Prosthesis System.” The Radial Head Prosthesis is a medical device used to replace the head of the ...

Radial head fractures are common ... Restoring Elbow Stability After Fracture-Dislocation Part I: Elbow Anatomy and Patterns of Injury in Fracture-Dislocations. MedGenMed 1(1), 1999 [formerly ...

The child may cry or scream for several minutes after the radial head has been relocated to its proper position. Two techniques can be used to correct a pulled elbow. The supination technique has ...