Report of a pregnant lady with bilateral elbow dislocation caused by acute fall injury

Abstract

Simultaneous bilateral posterior elbow dislocations occur rarely with only 14 cases being reported in the literature so far. Of these cases, none occurred in a patient who was pregnant. No cases of bilateral elbow dislocation with a distal radial fracture-dislocation have also been described. A case of a pregnant patient presenting with bilateral elbow dislocation, right wrist fracture-dislocation is reported here and the issues involved in managing such a case are discussed.

Keywords

• Elbow dislocations
• Trauma
• Treatment
• Emergency