Elbow Disorders
A 38-year-old man falls onto his outstretched hand with elbow in extension. He presents with a painful, swollen elbow held in flexion. Radiographs show a posterior elbow dislocation with a radial head fracture and a coronoid fracture. After closed reduction, the elbow is unstable on examination. Regarding elbow instability:
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The primary stabilizers of the elbow include the ulnohumeral articulation (primary for varus-valgus ...
The terrible triad consists of elbow dislocation, radial head fracture, and coronoid fracture; it re...
The MUCL is the primary restraint to posterolateral rotatory instability; the LUCL is the primary va...
Posterolateral rotatory instability (PLRI) is the most common pattern of recurrent elbow instability...
Management of terrible triad involves: reduction of dislocation, coronoid fixation (if fragment is s...
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