Avascular necrosis developed in this child because of extensive dissection and difficulty in obtaining a primary open reduction.
(A) Injury film.
(B) Two years later, there was extensive loss of bone in the metaphysis and a nonunion of the condyle.
Reproduced with permission from: Sawyer JR, Beaty JH. Lateral Condylar and Capitellar Fractures of the Distal Humerus. In: Rockwood and Wilkins' Fractures in Children, 8th ed, Flynn JM, Skaggs DL, Waters PM (Eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2014. Copyright © 2014 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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