Research Article
Humeral Capitellum Fractures in Adolescents: A Study of 6 Cases Treated by Open Reduction and Internal Fixation with Bioabsorbable Nails
Table 1
The study group overview.
| | No. | Age (years) | Side | Bryan and Morrey classification | AO classification | Mechanism of injury | Surgical technique |
| | 1 | 12.5 | Right/dominant | Type IV/McKee | AO 13B3.3 | Falling on an outstretched hand/standing height | ORIF/3 × SmartNail | | 2 | 14.3 | Left/dominant | Type I/Hahn–Steinthal | AO 13B3.1 | Falling on a flexed elbow/bicycle | ORIF/2 × SmartNail | | 3 | 13.2 | Right/dominant | Type I/Hahn–Steinthal | AO 13B3.1 | Falling on an outstretched hand/2 meters high | ORIF/2 × SmartNail | | 4 | 15.3 | Right/dominant | Type IV/McKee | AO 13B3.3 | Falling on a flexed elbow/scooter | ORIF/3 × SmartNail | | 5 | 10.6 | Left/nondominant | Type I/Hahn–Steinthal | AO 13B3.1 | Falling on an outstretched hand/standing height | ORIF/2 × SmartNail | | 6 | 13.4 | Left/nondominant | Type I/Hahn–Steinthal | AO 13B3.1 | Falling on an outstretched hand/standing height | ORIF/2 × SmartNail |
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