gun·stock deformity (g n st k )n. A deformity of the elbow, resulting from condylar fracture at the elbow in which the forearm deviates toward the midline of the body when extended. |
gunstock deformity
Orthopedics A reversal of the arm's carrying angle, resulting from 1. Inadequate correction of the medial angulation of the distal fragment of a supracondylar fracture of the humerus or 2. stimulation of the lateral
condylar epiphysis from the fracture itself–even when the fracture has not been displaced
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