Coronoid Process Fractures (Subscribe)  

"21-Radius/Ulna Proximal,fracture classification and diagnosis, AO North America -Comprehensive Classification of Fractures of Long Bones"

Fractures of the coronoid rarely occur in isolation. They usually occur in combination with a radial head fracture, a dislocation of the elbow, or both (terrible triad of the elbow). Large coronoid fractures often are associated with persistent elbow instability even after reduction of the dislocation; recently the increasing trend...

Classification and treatment:
- type I: fracture of the tip of the coronoid process;
- type II: fracture or comminution constitutes about half of coronoid; ...