Treatment of Elbow Lesions : New Aspects in Diagnosis and Surgical Techniques

The complexity of elbow anatomy and function often leads to an adverse response to traumatic and inflammatory conditions. For this reason, many standard orthopaedic texts advise caution regarding the surgical management of traumatic and degenerative lesions. The aim of this book is to didactically describe the different pathologies of the elbow and their surgical treatment, thus helping to reduce the incidence of complications such as stiff elbow, heterotypic bone and joint instability, and degenerative arthritis. The volume, written by world-renowned elbow orthopaedic surgeons and enhanced by colour images and tables, will be warmly welcomed not only by practitioners, but also by students and medical residents. Front Matter....Pages I-XII Anatomy and Biomechanics of the Elbow....Pages 1-11 The Clinical Examination of the Elbow....Pages 13-20 Imaging of the Elbow....Pages 21-38 Elbow Surgical Approaches....Pages 39-59 The Treatment of Distal Humerus Fractures....Pages 61-69 The Fractures of the Olecranon....Pages 71-81 The Radial Head Fractures....Pages 83-88 The Treatment of Coronoid Fractures and their Complications....Pages 89-97 Lateral Collateral Ligament Injury....Pages 99-102 The Complex Dislocations of the Elbow....Pages 103-112 The Fracture-Dislocation of the Forearm (Monteggia and Essex-Lopresti Lesions)....Pages 113-126 The Instability after Radial Head Excision....Pages 127-136 The Radial Head Prosthesis: Historical Perspective....Pages 137-143 The Swanson Radial Head Prosthesis....Pages 145-148 Bipolar Radial Head Prosthesis....Pages 149-157 EvolveTM Modular Metallic Radial Head Arthroplasty....Pages 159-166 Radial Head Prosthetic Replacement with the Avanta Implant....Pages 167-174 Radial Head Replacement with a Pyrocarbon Head Prosthesis: Preliminary Results of a Multicentric Prespective Study....Pages 175-184 Elbow Stiffness....Pages 185-210 The Arthroscopic Treatment of the Stiff Elbow....Pages 211-219 The Surgery of Neglected Distal Humerus Fractures in Children and Adults....Pages 221-230 Total Elbow Replacement for Rheumatoid Arthritis....Pages 231-238 Total Elbow Arthroplasty in Acute Fracture....Pages 239-249 Latitude Convertible Total Elbow Prosthesis....Pages 251-262 Total Elbow Arthroplasty for Post-traumatic Arthrosis....Pages 263-271 Revision of Failed Elbow Arthroplasty....Pages 273-280 Elbow Nerve Tunnel Syndromes....Pages 281-297 Traumatic Isolated Lesions of Musculocutaneous Nerve....Pages 299-303 The Traumatic Nerve-Vascular Lesions....Pages 305-313 The Utility of Continuous Axial Brachial Plexus Catheters after Surgery....Pages 315-321 Elbow Brace in Physical Therapy....Pages 323-331 Back Matter....Pages 333-335 Because of the relatively low incidence of involvement efforts to enhance the diagnosis and management of elbow pathology are not common. Nonetheless, because of a rapidly expanding knowledge base,both with regard to a more - fined understanding of elbow pathology, coupled with exciting and emerging approaches and options for management, it is appropriate and timely to - dress this deficiency in the orthopedic literature. This volume, therefore, was produced in order to provide current and relevant information with content that is drawn from a very well received symposium of the same name as this book and convened in Modena, Italy recently. As with the symposium, the s- cific goals of this text are to provide the most updated concepts in the m- agement of a full spectrum of elbow pathology. The content, therefore, is c- prehensive in nature,but with a focus on emerging options in the management of traumatic conditions as well as reconstructive options for the sequelae of trauma. These topics are covered in detail in the 31 chapters which comprise this text. The focus of each chapter was specifically designed to address the topic in the most timely fashion and with less of an emphasis on the historical context and more focus on current thinking. The references documenting c- tent are intended to be efficient and focused. In addition, the popular and - propriate expectation of the orthopedic community of enhanced explanation of technique are featured in the appropriate chapters. Annotation The complexity of the elbow anatomy and function leads to an adverse response to traumatic and inflammatory conditions. In this way, many standard orthopaedic tests advice caution when considering surgical management of the traumatic and degenerative lesions. The aim of this book is to help the readers to reduce the complications such as stiff elbow, heterotypic bone and joint instability and degenerative arthritis. We also analyse the choices and the surgical techniques of the total elbow arthroplasty and radial head prosthesis "The aim of this book is to didactically describe the different pathologies of the elbow and their surgical treatment, thus helping to reduce the incidence of complications such as stiff elbow, heterotypic bone and joint instability, and degenerative arthritis." "The volume, written by world-renowned elbow orthopaedic surgeons and enhanced by colour images and tables, will be warmly welcomed not only by practitioners, but also by students and medical residents."--BOOK JACKET