Dislocations of the elbow - An instructional review

Ines Lh Reichert; Santhosh Ganeshamoorthy; Saurabh Aggarwal; Anand Arya; Joydeep Sinha

doi:10.1016/j.jcot.2021.101484

Dislocations of the elbow - An instructional review

J Clin Orthop Trauma. 2021 Jul 13:21:101484. doi: 10.1016/j.jcot.2021.101484. eCollection 2021 Oct.

Authors

Ines Lh Reichert¹, Santhosh Ganeshamoorthy², Saurabh Aggarwal³, Anand Arya¹, Joydeep Sinha¹

Affiliations

¹ King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
² King's College London Medical School, London, UK.
³ Princess Royal University Hospital, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

Abstract

Dislocations of the elbow require recognition of the injury pattern followed by adequate treatment to allow early mobilisation. Not every injury requires surgery but if surgery is undertaken all structures providing stability should be addressed, including fractures, medial and lateral ligament insertion and the radial head. The current concepts of biomechanical modelling are addressed and surgical implications discussed.

Keywords: Elbow clinical assessment; Elbow instability; Elbow surgery; Elbow trauma; Elbow trauma imaging; Joint dislocation.