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Little League Elbow

Definition

 

Medial epicondyle physeal injury

 

Aetiology

 

Overthrowing / valgus overload

 

Pitching

 

Pathology

 

Medial epicondylar epicondylitis / apophysitis

- traction / fragmentation

 

Medial epicondylar separation

 

UCL injury

 

Capitellum osteochondritis dissecans

 

Management

 

Rest

Limit pitch counts

 

 

 

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Table Of Contents

  • Welcome to The Bone School
  • Upper Limb
  • Lower Limb
  • Spine
  • Paediatrics
    • Upper Limb Fractures
      • Proximal Humeral Fractures
      • Elbow
        • Supracondylar Fracture
        • Lateral Condyle Fractures
        • Radial Neck Fracture
        • Monteggia
        • Medial Epicondyle / Condyle Fracture
        • Distal Humeral Physeal Separation
        • Pulled Elbow
        • Little League Elbow
        • Centers of Ossification
        • Cubitus varus
      • Forearm Fractures
      • Distal Radial Fractures
    • Lower Limb Fractures
    • Angular Deformity
    • Blount's Disease
    • Cerebral Palsy
    • Foot
    • Hip
    • Knee
    • Leg Length Discrepancy
    • Miscellaneous
    • Osteochondroses
    • Rickets
    • Rotational Profile
    • Skeletal Dysplasia
    • Spine
    • Tibial Bowing
    • Trauma
    • Upper Limb
  • Tumour
  • Surgical Approaches
  • Trauma Principles
  • Examinations
  • Imaging
  • DDx
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