Kashif Khurshid Qureshi, Muhammad Rafiq Sabir, Ghulam Yasin.
Assessment of elbow function.
Professional Med J Jan ;12(3):331-5.

Thirty five patients with AO Type C fractures of the distal humerus reporting to Orthopedic Department were studied over a period of three years from January 2000 to March 2003. Close fractures and Gustilo Grade I and II fractures were included in the study. Age ranged from fifteen years to sixty years. All the patients were operated under general anaesthesia. A comparison b/w transolecranon approach and Shahane 1 and Stanley approach was done. At a follow-up of six months the results were evaluated using the Jupiter’s 2 modification of Cassebaum’s rating sytem . According to it thirteen results were rated excellent, eleven good, six fair 3 and five poor. Complications included tourniquet palsy, infection, stiff elbow and prominent hardware.

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