A shattered elbow, rebuilt.

An elbow broken into several pieces in a fall, pieced back together with precision plating. Within about ten weeks the arm could bend and straighten almost fully again.

X-ray of an elbow broken into several pieces, the joint surface split apart after a fall.

X-ray of the same elbow once healed, rebuilt with plates and the joint surface restored.

These are the patient’s own X-rays, published with full consent. All identifying details were removed from every film.

What happened

The story, in plain words.

A fall left the elbow broken into several pieces, with the joint surface itself split apart — the kind of injury that, without careful repair, can leave an arm permanently stiff.

In surgery, each fragment was put back in its place and held with plates along both sides of the elbow, so the rebuilt joint was steady enough to start moving early. Movement, guided by physiotherapy, began soon after.

The healing ran ahead of schedule and there were no complications. By around ten weeks the arm could bend and straighten through almost its full natural range, and everyday use returned.

For the record. In clinical terms this was an AO/OTA 13-C3 distal humerus fracture, treated by Dr. Vikram with open reduction and dual-column plating.

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