Fractures of forearm bones are very common in paediatric and young age group. While in children they are amenable to closed reduction and plaster application, in adults they almost always require surgical treatment.

The image belongs to a 40 years old man who sustained trauma to left forearm when his motor bike collided with another vehicle. The man also had fracture of pubic ramus along with this injury.

The patient was operated for his forearm injury and fracture pubic ramus was manged conservatively.

Fractures of Proximal Thirds Of Radius and Ulna

A noteworthy finding in this patient is that both the bones have been injured at the same level.

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