M. Abe et al., RECURRENT POSTERIOR DISLOCATION OF THE HEAD OF THE RADIUS IN POSTTRAUMATIC CUBITUS VARUS, Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume, 77B(4), 1995, pp. 582-585
Four patients who had injured the lower end of the humerus in childhoo
d with resulting cubitus varus developed recurrent posterior dislocati
on of the head of the radius after further injury to the elbow. Disloc
ation occurred when the forearm was supinated and spontaneous reductio
n took place on pronation. At operation the lateral ligament complex w
as seen to be lax and elongated. After tightening of the ligament and
pith a supracondylar osteotomy of the humerus to correct the cubitus v
arus the recurrent dislocation was eliminated.