Report of a pregnant lady with bilateral elbow dislocation caused by acute fall injury

Publication date: June 2015 Source:Journal of Acute Disease, Volume 4, Issue 2 Author(s): Koh Shao Hui Simultaneous bilateral posterior elbow dislocations occur rarely with only 14 cases being reported in the literature so far. Of these cases, none occurred in a patient who was pregnant. No cases of bilateral elbow dislocation with a distal radial fracture-dislocation have also been described. A case of a pregnant patient presenting with bilateral elbow dislocation, right wrist fracture-dislocation is reported here and the issues involved in managing such a case are discussed.
Source: Journal of Acute Disease - Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research