Fig. 2

A typical case. A 59-year-old man sustained a terrible triad elbow injury and was treated though a lateral approach combined with a medial approach (Case 9). Open reduction and internal fixation with a bone graft for the radial head fracture and repair of the lateral collateral ligament as well as fixation of the coronoid fracture and repair of the medial collateral ligament were performed. a, b Preoperative CT scans showed a comminuted Mason type II radial head fracture and a coronoid fracture. c, d Postoperative radiographs at the last follow-up demonstrated good bone union. The donor site could be seen on the anteroposterior radiograph of the elbow (red arrow)