FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WFFT) — A woman is in custody for allegedly dislocating a joint in a 2-year-old child’s elbow. Tania P.

Of the conditions in orthopedics that are true emergencies, a dislocated joint is certainly one of those. They need a relatively rapid reduction. Keeping an elbow out of socket or dislocated for ...

After she showed the injury to the school nurse, her mother brought her to Children’s Mercy Hospital, where she was diagnosed with ‘nursemaid’s elbow,’ or a partially dislocated elbow.