Jeffery Type II Fracture of the Radial Neck of a Child: Description of the Lesion and Novel Method of Closed Reduction

The authors describe the treatment of a 13-year-old patient with a severe, posteriorly dislocated, epiphysiolysis fracture of the proximal radius. This is called a Jeffery type II lesion when the epiphysiolysis fracture takes place at the radial neck during the reduction of elbow posterior dislocation, thus causing radial head posterior displacement. There are
Source: Techniques in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Techniques Source Type: research
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