Nanno Mitsuhiko, Sawaizumi Takuya, Takai Shinro
Department of Restorative Medicine of Neuro-musculoskeretal System, Orthopaedic Surgery, Nippon Medical School, Japan.
J Nippon Med Sch. 2011;78(6):384-7. doi: 10.1272/jnms.78.384.
We report an unusual case of bilateral Galeazzi fractures associated with dislocation of the right elbow and fracture of the right scaphoid caused by a motorbike accident in a 32-year-old man. Bilateral radiuses were fixed with plates, and the right scaphoid was fixed with a screw after closed reduction of the right elbow. A satisfactory result was obtained with a return to work and no radiographic problems 7 years after surgery. The mechanism of the injury was thought to be a high-velocity fall on the outstretched hands combined with extreme pronation of the forearms and extension of the wrists and the elbows. This case had a favorable outcome following operative stabilization of the fracture-dislocations and early mobilization.
