There have been many attempts to diagnose pulled elbow through radiologic ... into the radiocapitellar joint in children (nursemaid's elbow) J Pediatr Orthop.NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutTryoutPMCLabsandtelluswhatyouthink.LearnMore.JournalListClinExpEmergMedv.1(2);2014DecPMC5052830ClinExpEmergMed.2014Dec;1(2):109–113.Publishedonline2014Dec31.doi: 10.15441/ceem.14.009PMCID:PMC5052830PMID:27752561New,specificultrasonographicfindingsforthediagnosisofpulledelbowYuSungLee,YouDongSohn,andYoungTeakOhAuthorinformationArticlenotesCopyrightandLicenseinformationDisclaimerDepartmentofEmergencyMedicine,HallymUniversitySacredHeartHospital,Anyang,KoreaCorrespondenceto:YouDongSohn DepartmentofEmergencyMedicine,HallymUniversitySacredHeartHospital,22Gwanpyeong-ro170beon-gil,Dongan-gu,Anyang431-796,Korea E-mail:rk.ro.myllah@nohsydemReceived2014Jun27;Revised2014Aug18;Accepted2014Aug28.Copyright©2014TheKoreanSocietyofEmergencyMedicineThisisanOpenAccessarticledistributedunderthetermsoftheCreativeCommonsAttributionNon-CommercialLicense(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/).ThisarticlehasbeencitedbyotherarticlesinPMC.ObjectiveAmonginfantsandpreschoolchildrenwithcomplaintofupperextremityimmobility,pulledelbow,alsoknownasnursemaid’selboworradialheadsubluxationisthemostcommoncausepresentingtopediatricemergencydepartments.However,propertoolstodiagnosepulledelbowremainlimited.Weconductedastudytodeterminethefeasibilityofultrasonographyindiagnosingpulledelbow.MethodsInfantsandpreschoolchildrenpresentingtoanurbanemergencydepartmentwiththecomplaintofupperextremityimmobilitybetweenAprilandJuly2013wereenrolled.Thefollowingultrasonographicinformationwasrecorded:(1)whethertherewasachangeintheshapeofthesupinatormuscle,(2)whethertherewasanannularligamentinplace,and(3)whethertherewasanenlargementofthesynovialfringe.Weusedtheaffectedarms’ultrasonographicimagesasthestudygroupandoppositearms’ultrasonographicimagesasthecontrolgroup.Re