ALLMedicine™ Elbow Dislocation Center

Feb 2nd, 2023 - Simple elbow dislocation occurs at an incidence of 2.9 to 5.21 dislocations per 100,000 person-years, with as many as 62% of these patients experiencing long-term elbow joint contracture, stiffness, and/or pain. Poor outcomes and the need for seco...

Jan 14th, 2023 - Anterolateral coronal fractures are so rare that the mechanism of injury, the type of combined fracture and ligament injury, and the optimal treatment are unknown. To study the outcome of surgical treatments for anterolateral (AL) fracture of the ...

Jan 5th, 2023 - Studies on extremely severe elbow stiffness after chronic dislocation in children are scarce. This study aims to investigate the choice of surgical treatment modalities and to analyze their treatment efficacy in children with chronic elbow disloca...

Jan 2nd, 2023 - The initial management of elbow dislocations in children, emergency reduction and brachial-antebrachial-palmar (BABP) immobilization, remains the most widely used method. Osteosynthesis could be associated in case of fractures. On the other hand, ...

Nov 17th, 2022 - Practice Essentials Elbow dislocation is the most common dislocation in children; in adults, it is the second most common dislocation after that of the shoulder. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] The elbow is amazingly stable, relying more on bony anatomy configura...

Mar 11th, 2022 - INTRODUCTION Fractures of the medial epicondyle are a common pediatric injury, with an estimated annual incidence of 40-60/100,000 per year. The typical mechanism is a fall onto an outstretched hand, creating a valgus load at the elbow leading to ...

Oct 8th, 2020 - The elbow is the second most commonly dislocated joint in adults and up to 20% of dislocations are associated with a fracture. (1) Terrible triad injury of the elbow is a complex injury that is classically defined as elbow dislocation along with f...

Oct 25th, 2021 - Overview What is cubital tunnel syndrome? Cubital tunnel syndrome, also called ulnar nerve entrapment, happens when your ulnar nerve gets irritated or compressed (squeezed) at the inside of your elbow. Nerves are bundles of string-like fibers that...

Sep 25th, 2018 - Overview Elbow What is a dislocated elbow? A dislocated elbow occurs when any of the three bones in the elbow joint become separated or knocked out of their normal positions. Dislocation can be very painful, causing the elbow to become unstable an...