Management of Elbow Trauma, An Issue of Hand Clinics 31-4

George S. Athwal

Description

Injuries to the elbow are common, usually occur secondary to indirect trauma and are often accompanied by injury to shoulder or wrist joints. It is important to assess injuries promptly and accurately, taking into account age and the mechanism of injury, particularly because of the risk of accompanying vascular involvement. This issue will include articles on Anatomy and Exposures, Simple Elbow Dislocations, Radial Head Fractures, Complex Elbow Instability: Radial Head and Coronoid, Varus Posteromedial Instability, Monteggia and Trans-olecranon Injuries, Olecranon Fractures, Arthroscopic management of Elbow Fractures Elbow trauma in the Athlete, Soft Tissue Coverage of the Elbow and many more!

Sujets

• Medical
• Médecine
• Orthopedics

Informations

• Publié par: Elsevier
• Date de parution: 07 janvier 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780323393911
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 5 Mo

Extrait

Management of Elbow Trauma

Hand Clinics

EDI TO R

George S. Athwal, MD, FRCSC Roth McFarlane Hand and Upper Limb Center, St Joseph’s Health Care, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

CO NSULT I NG EDI TO R

Kevin C. Chung Clinics Review Articles www.hand.theclinics.com November 2015 • Volume 31 • Number 4

Table of Contents

Cover image

Title page

Copyright

Contributors Consulting Editor Editor Authors

Forthcoming Issues Forthcoming Issues Recent Issues

Preface. Elbow Trauma—It’s All in the Details

Management of Elbow Trauma: Anatomy and Exposures Key points Relevant elbow anatomy General principles Approaches Summary Acknowledgments References

Simple Elbow Dislocation Key points

Elbow stability

Mechanism of injury

Case examples

Systematic treatment approach

Case examples

Clinical results in the literature Summary References

Fractures of the Radial Head Key points Introduction and anatomic principals

Epidemiology

Classification

Accompanying lesions

Clinical investigations and imaging studies Therapy Surgical technique

Surgical procedure

Postoperative rehabilitation References

Complex Elbow Instability: Radial Head and Coronoid Key points Introduction: nature of the problem

Surgical technique

Rehabilitation and recovery

Clinical results

Summary References

Varus Posteromedial Instability

Key points Introduction Anatomy Physical examination

Imaging studies

Nonoperative versus surgical treatment

Surgical management

Rehabilitation and recovery

Clinical results in the literature Summary References

Adult Monteggia and Olecranon Fracture Dislocations of the Elbow Key points Introduction Anatomy Classification

Epidemiology and patterns of injury

Surgical technique

Results and complications

Summary References

Olecranon Fractures Key points Introduction Anatomy Epidemiology

Classification

Nonoperative treatment

Operative treatment

Postoperative course