Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: “Floating arm” injury in a child with fractures of the proximal and distal parts of the humerus: a case report | JOURNAL OF MEDICAL Sr CASE REPORTS Open Access Case report Floating arm injury in a child with fractures of the proximal and distal parts of the humerus a case report Melih Guven1 Budak Akman2 Tanzer Kormaz3 Oguz Poyanli2 and Faik Altintaạ4 Addresses Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology The Hospital of University of Abant Izzet Baysal Bolu Turkey 2Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology Goztepe Training and Research Hospital Istanbul Turkey 3Department of Emergency Medicine The Hospital of University of Abant Izzet Baysal Bolu Turkey 4Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology Yeditepe University School of Medicine Istanbul Turkey Email MG - maguven2000@ BA - drbudakakman@ TK - tanzerkorkmaz@ OP - opoyanli@ FA - faltintas@ Corresponding author Received 14 January 2009 Accepted 9 June 2009 Published 17 September 2009 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3 9287 doi 1752-1947-3-9287 This article is available from http jmedicalcasereports article view 9287 2009 Guven et al. licensee Cases Network Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Simultaneous supracondylar humerus fracture and ipsilateral fracture of the proximal humerus in children is rare. Case presentation A 10-year-old Turkish boy with an extension type supracondylar humerus fracture and ipsilateral fracture at the proximal metaphyseal-diaphyseal junction of the humerus was treated by closed reduction and percutaneous Kirschner wire fixation. Closed reduction was performed using a Kirschner wire as a joystick to manipulate the humeral shaft after some swelling occurred around the elbow and shoulder. Conclusion The combination of fractures at the proximal and distal .
