The floating elbow: uncommon association

Ayoub Bouya, Mohammed Benchakroun

PAMJ-CM. 2021; 5:18. Published 19 Jan 2021 | doi:10.11604/pamj-cm.2021.5.18.24126

The floating elbow is a term first used in 1980 by Stanitski and Micheli. It is an uncommon entity in adults and corresponds to a humerus fracture associated with a homolateral fracture of one or both forearm bones.

Corresponding author
Ayoub Bouya, Orthopedic Trauma Service I, Military Training Hospital Mohamed V, Rabat, Morocco (bouya.ayoub5@gmail.com)

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