DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2023.v11i08.003

Pages: 1432-1435

The unfortunate elbow triad is a severe trauma involving posterior elbow dislocation, fracture of the radial head and coronoid process. Its management is not codified in the literature. We report a retrospective series of 5 patients treated at the Traumato-Orthopedics department of the CHU Ibn Sina in Rabat, over a period of 7 months from May 2021 to December 2021, the objective being to carry out a diagnostic and therapeutic analysis. Both patients had a stable but nevertheless very painful elbow. The unfortunate elbow triad leads to bone and ligament damage threatening short- and long-term elbow stability, with a high rate of complications and random outcomes. Only the restoration of the integrity of the elbow by repairing all the structures, using a standardized surgical protocol allows good functional results.