We present a case of recurrent anterior instability of the radial head presenting
4 weeks after injury. A 16-year-old girl injured the right upper extremity while playing
volleyball. Thereafter, she felt a recurrent click associated with pain in the elbow
when rotating the forearm. Image intensifier findings implied that the radial head
would anteriorly dislocate with contraction of the biceps brachii. Annular ligament
reconstruction using the palmaris longus tendon graft relieved the instability.
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Publication history
Published online: December 13, 2013
Accepted:
November 4,
2013
Received:
August 13,
2013
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