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Management of Elbow Terrible Triad Injuries: A Comprehensive Review and Update.

The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons | 2024 | Fahs A, Waldron J, Afsari A, Best B

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 2. Orthop Traumatol Surg Res. 2021 Feb;107(1S):102784. doi: 10.1016/j.otsr.2020.102784. Epub 2021 Jan 9. Surgical treatment of terrible triad of the elbow. Ohl X(1), Siboni R(2). Author information: (1)Service d'orthopédie-traumatologie, hôpital Maison-Blanche, 45, rue Cognacq-Jay, 51100 Reims, France. Electronic address: xohl@chu-reims.fr. (2)Service d'or...

[Terrible triad injuries].

Unfallchirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) | 2023 | Klug A, Sauter M, Hoffmann R

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 5. J Orthop Trauma. 2015 Oct;29(10):437-40. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000000326. Coronoid Fractures. Ring D(1), Horst TA. Author information: (1)Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Fractures of the coronoid process of the ulna are usually part of a more complex injury. The type of coronoid fr...

Persistent elbow dislocation.

JSES international | 2023 | van der Windt AE, Colaris JW, den Hartog D, The B

7. Elbow Fractures Overview. Waseem M(1), Saeed W(2), Launico MV(3). In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2026 Jan–. 2025 Dec 1. Author information: (1)Weill Cornell Medicine New York and New York Medical College, Valhalla NY (2)Lincoln Medical and Mental health center (3)De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute Anatomy The elbow is a...

Coronoid fractures and traumatic elbow instability.

JSES international | 2023 | de Klerk HH, Ring D, Boerboom L, van den Bekerom MPJ

18. Emerg Radiol. 2019 Jun;26(3):341-347. doi: 10.1007/s10140-019-01676-1. Epub 2019 Jan 28. Terrible triad injuries of the elbow. Kani KK(1), Chew FS(2). Author information: (1)Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. khalatbarik@live.com. (2)Department of Radiology, University of Washington, 4245 R...

Surgical treatment of terrible triad of the elbow.

Orthopaedics & traumatology, surgery & research : OTSR | 2021 | Ohl X, Siboni R

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 3. Clin Sports Med. 2020 Jul;39(3):623-636. doi: 10.1016/j.csm.2020.03.002. Elbow Fractures. Midtgaard KS(1), Ruzbarsky JJ(2), Hackett TR(2), Viola RW(3). Author information: (1)The Steadman Clinic, Steadman Philippon Research Institute, 181 West Meadow Drive, Suite 400, Vail, CO 81657, USA; Oslo University Hospital, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kirkev...

Management of Geriatric Elbow Injury.

The Orthopedic clinics of North America | 2021 | Onizuka N, Switzer J, Myeroff C

[Indexed for MEDLINE] Conflict of interest statement: Disclosure All the authors have declared no conflict of interest for this article. 13. Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med. 2016 Jun;9(2):185-9. doi: 10.1007/s12178-016-9337-8. Treatment of complex elbow fracture-dislocations. Chan K(1), King GJ(2), Faber KJ(2). Author information: (1)Roth McFarlane Hand and Upper Limb Center, St Jos...

Elbow Fractures.

Clinics in sports medicine | 2020 | Midtgaard KS, Ruzbarsky JJ, Hackett TR, Viola RW

[Indexed for MEDLINE] Conflict of interest statement: Disclosure R.W. Viola: Consulting and royalties from OsteoMed and Conmed/Linvatec. The rest of the authors have nothing to disclose. 4. Unfallchirurgie (Heidelb). 2023 Sep;126(9):679-686. doi: 10.1007/s00113-023-01321-0. Epub 2023 Apr 28. [Terrible triad injuries]. [Article in German; Abstract available in German from the pu...

Elbow Instability: Evaluation and Treatment.

Hand clinics | 2020 | Adams JE

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 11. Injury. 2017 Mar;48(3):568-577. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2013.09.032. Epub 2013 Sep 27. Complex instability of the elbow. Tarassoli P(1), McCann P(2), Amirfeyz R(2). Author information: (1)Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Trust, Level 5, Queens Building, Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol BS2 8HW, United Kingdom. Electron...

Terrible triad injuries of the elbow.

Emergency radiology | 2019 | Kani KK, Chew FS

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 19. J Hand Surg Am. 2015 Nov;40(11):2297-303. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2015.04.039. Epub 2015 Oct 1. Terrible Triad Injuries of the Elbow. Chen NC(1), Ring D(2). Author information: (1)Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand and Upper Extremity Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. (2)Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand and Upper Extremity Se...

[Elbow dislocation fractures].

Der Unfallchirurg | 2017 | Siebenlist S, Braun KF

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 9. J Hand Surg Am. 2012 Nov;37(11):2418-23. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2012.09.002. Coronoid fractures. Budoff JE(1). Author information: (1)Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Jebudoff@yahoo.com Coronoid fractures are rarely isolated injuries; they are most commonly encou...

Complex instability of the elbow.

Injury | 2017 | Tarassoli P, McCann P, Amirfeyz R

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 12. Orthop Clin North Am. 2021 Oct;52(4):381-401. doi: 10.1016/j.ocl.2021.05.009. Epub 2021 Jul 29. Management of Geriatric Elbow Injury. Onizuka N(1), Switzer J(1), Myeroff C(2). Author information: (1)Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Minnesota, 2512 South 7th Street, Suite R200, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; Department of Orthopaedic Surger...

Complex Elbow Dislocations and the "Terrible Triad" Injury.

The open orthopaedics journal | 2017 | Jones ADR, Jordan RW

Treatment of complex elbow fracture-dislocations.

Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine | 2016 | Chan K, King GJ, Faber KJ

14. Instr Course Lect. 2007;56:369-76. Unstable fracture-dislocations of the elbow. Sotereanos DG(1), Darlis NA, Wright TW, Goitz RJ, King GJ. Author information: (1)Department of Orthopaedics, Drexel University, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Fracture-dislocations of the elbow are devastating injuries. The surgeon must maintain a high index of suspi...

Coronoid Fractures.

Journal of orthopaedic trauma | 2015 | Ring D, Horst TA

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 6. JSES Int. 2023 Jan 18;7(6):2605-2611. doi: 10.1016/j.jseint.2022.12.021. eCollection 2023 Nov. Persistent elbow dislocation. van der Windt AE(1), Colaris JW(1), den Hartog D(2), The B(3), Eygendaal D(1). Author information: (1)Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. (2)...

Terrible Triad Injuries of the Elbow.

The Journal of hand surgery | 2015 | Chen NC, Ring D

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 20. Open Orthop J. 2017 Nov 30;11:1394-1404. doi: 10.2174/1874325001711011394. eCollection 2017. Complex Elbow Dislocations and the "Terrible Triad" Injury. Jones ADR(1), Jordan RW(2). Author information: (1)Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Charles Hastings Way, WR5, Worcester, 1DD, UK. (2)Coventry and Warwickshire Shou...

Elbow Fractures Overview.

Journal unavailable | 2026 | Waseem M, Saeed W, Launico MV

Conflict of interest statement: Disclosure: Muhammad Waseem declares no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. Disclosure: Wajeeha Saeed declares no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. Disclosure: Marjorie Launico declares no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. 8. Unfallchirurg. 2017 Jul;120(7):595-610. doi: 1...

Terrible Triad of the Elbow.

Journal unavailable | 2026 | Stevens KA, Tiwari V

Conflict of interest statement: Disclosure: Kaitlyn Stevens declares no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. Disclosure: Vivek Tiwari declares no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. 17. JSES Int. 2023 Apr 20;7(6):2587-2593. doi: 10.1016/j.jseint.2023.03.020. eCollection 2023 Nov. Coronoid fractures and traumatic elbow instability....

Functional and patient-reported outcomes of terrible triad elbow fracture-dislocations

SA Orthopaedic Journal | 2025 | HS Pretorius, MC Burge, JP Strydom

BACKGROUND: The elbow ranks second only to the shoulder as the most commonly dislocated large joint in the human body. Terrible triad elbow injuries, or simply terrible triad (TT), involve an elbow dislocation coupled with a radial head and coronoid fracture. This study aimed to assess functional and patient-reported outcomes for surgically managed TT patients. METHODS: An ambi...

Terrible Triad & Elbow Dislocation

OrthoMedia | 2023

Fracture of the Radial Head and Terrible Triad Injury of the Elbow

Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery | 2023 | Hua Chen, Zhe Zhao, Jiantao Li

Unstable fracture-dislocations of the elbow.

Instructional course lectures | 2007 | Sotereanos DG, Darlis NA, Wright TW, Goitz RJ

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 15. J Hand Surg Am. 2006 Jan;31(1):45-52. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2005.08.014. Coronoid fracture patterns. Doornberg JN(1), Ring D. Author information: (1)Orthopaedic Hand and Upper Extremity Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA. PURPOSE: It has been suggested that specific types of coronoid fractures are associated strongly with spec...

Shoulder and Elbow Terrible Triad

OrthoMedia | 2022

Terrible triad of the elbow

Radiopaedia.org | 2022 | Leo Martinez

Terrible triad of the elbow

Radiopaedia.org | 2019 | Jerry Jiang

Chapter 24: Elbow Dislocation/Terrible Triad Injury

Decision Making in Orthopaedic Trauma | 2017

Elbow fracture-dislocation - terrible triad

Radiopaedia.org | 2014 | Henry Knipe

Terrible triad of the elbow

Radiopaedia.org | 2014 | Henry Knipe

Chapter-14 Terrible Triad of Elbow

Mastering Orthopedic Techniques: Intra-articular Fractures | 2013 | Rohit Arora

Chapter-14 Terrible Triad of Elbow

Mastering Orthopedic Techniques: Intra-articular Fractures | 2013 | Rohit Arora

Terrible Triad of the Elbow

Orthopedic Clinics of North America | 2013 | Seth D. Dodds, Thomas Fishler

Coronoid fractures.

The Journal of hand surgery | 2012 | Budoff JE

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 10. Hand Clin. 2020 Nov;36(4):485-494. doi: 10.1016/j.hcl.2020.07.013. Elbow Instability: Evaluation and Treatment. Adams JE(1). Author information: (1)University of Tennessee College of Medicine - Chattanooga, Erlanger Orthopaedic Institute, 975 East 3rd Street Suite C 225, Chattanooga, TN 37403, USA. Electronic address: adams.julie.e@gmail.com. Acute elb...

Surgical treatment of “terrible triad of the elbow”: technique and outcome

Orthopaedic Surgery | 2010 | Yu-xing Wang, Li-xin Huang, San-hui Ma

Terrible triad of the elbow

Radiopaedia.org | 2010 | Jeremy Jones

Coronoid fracture patterns.

The Journal of hand surgery | 2006 | Doornberg JN, Ring D

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 16. Terrible Triad of the Elbow. Stevens KA(1), Tiwari V(2). In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2026 Jan–. 2023 Aug 3. Author information: (1)Ascension Genesys Hospital / Michigan State University (2)Apollo Sage Hospital, Bhopal, India Originally described in 1996 by Hotchkiss, the terrible triad of the elbow constitute...