Ortho Case of the Week – Elbow and Humerus
Your patient might disagree, but these injuries are pretty humerus.
Case 1: A 6-year-old male is BIB his mother right elbow pain after falling off the monkey bars.
1. Describe the pathology on the x-rays above.
2. How would you manage this patient?
3. What nerve is most commonly injured with this type of fracture? How would you test it?
Case 2: A 37-year-old male presents with right elbow pain after a FOOSH injury while playing basketball with his son.
4. Describe the pathology on the x-ray above.
5. How would you manage this patient?
Case 3: An 85-year-old female is brought in from her memory care facility for right shoulder pain after a mechanical fall.
6. Describe the pathology on the x-ray above.
7. What nerve is most commonly injured with this pathology? How would you test it?
What nerve is most commonly injured with this pathology? How would you test it?
8. Describe the pathology on the x-ray above.
9. What nerve is most commonly injured with this pathology? How would you test it?