%0 Case Reports
%T Shear fractures of the capitellum in children: a case report and narrative review.
%A Pilotto JM
%A Valisena S
%A De Marco G
%A Vazquez O
%A De Rosa V
%A Mendoza Sagaon M
%A De Coulon G
%A Dayer R
%A Ceroni D
%A Steiger C
%J Front Surg
%V 11
%N 0
%D 2024
%M 39027917
%F 2.568
%R 10.3389/fsurg.2024.1407577
%X The shear fractures of the capitellum are rare fractures in the pediatric population. Their diagnosis is challenging because of the high cartilaginous component of the growing elbow, requiring a high level of clinical suspicion especially in the case of small osteochondral or chondral fragments. The literature on capitellar shear fractures is mainly represented by case reports, which provides a patchy view of the topic. For this reason, we aimed to draw a narrative review presenting the available management strategies and their outcomes, and present two cases treated in our institution.