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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 2 Radial fracture fragment position, direction of dislocation and amount of surface area fractured

From: Fracture pattern characteristics and associated injuries of high-energy, large fragment, partial articular radial head fractures: a preliminary imaging analysis

Case

Quadrant

Amount of articular surface fractured (%)

Arc of fracture fragment (°)

Direction of dislocation

1

AM

50.0

175

Posterior

2

AL

25.4

112.5

Posterior

3

AL

50.2

118.8

Posterior

4

AL

10.8

65.7

Posterior

5

AL

44.5

108.9

None

6

AL

40.0

131

None

7

AL

48.3

137.9

Posterolateral

8

AL

34.3

101.5

Posterolateral

9

AL

36.4

128.3

Posterior

10

AL

35.0

168.7

None

11

PM

31.7

151.5

None

12

AL

42.8

155.3

None

13

AM

42.1

146.2

Posterior

14

AM

40.7

141.2

Posterior

15

AM

55.5

126.3

Posterior

16

AL

33.3

114

None

17

PM

41.0

151.7

None

18

AM

50.2

162

None

19

AM

50.3

145

Posterior

20

AL

52.1

137.3

None

21

AM

58.1

157.6

Posterior

22

AL

50.2

167.3

None

23

AL

53.2

121.6

None

24

AL

53.2

111.2

Posterior

25

AL

35.2

124.7

None

Averages

 

42.5 %

134.4

 
  1. AM anteromedial, AL anterolateral, PM posteromedial, PL posterolateral