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Failure of active extension after traumatic cubitus varus

A CASE REPORT

Palmerston North Hospital, Private Bag, Palmerston North, New Zealand.

C. P. Williams, FRACS, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

28 Amesbury Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand.

Correspondence should be sent to Dr I. J. Smith at Hastings Memorial Hospital, Hastings, New Zealand.

In children cubitus varus is common after malunion of a supracondylar fracture of the humerus. Later problems such as tardy ulnar nerve palsy, snapping of the lateral triceps tendon or ulnar nerve and posterolateral rotatory instability are well documented. We present a case of anteromedial dislocation of the entire triceps tendon with loss of extensor power and describe the method of treatment.