Fracture Lateral Epicondyle

The medial and lateral epicondyles are extracapsular and fractures of these structures are not associated with capsular distension or displacement of the fat pads. 

Fig. 24.14a,b. Dislocation of the elbow with lateral epicondyle fracture, treated by a humero-olecranial pin. The orthopedic hardware may be well analyzed on these VRT images with different degrees of opacity... 

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An estimation of the distribution of fracture patterns about the elbow is supracondylar (70%), lateral condyle (15%), medial epicondyle (10%), olecranon (5%), radial neck (1%), medial condyle (1%), capitel-lum (1%), T condylar (<1 %). 

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