The management of elbow trauma from a historical perspective

Huub H de Klerk; Job N Doornberg; Denise Eygendaal; Jesse B Jupiter

doi:10.1016/j.jseint.2023.01.005

The management of elbow trauma from a historical perspective

JSES Int. 2023 Feb 2;7(6):2553-2559. doi: 10.1016/j.jseint.2023.01.005. eCollection 2023 Nov.

Authors

Huub H de Klerk^{1

2

3}, Job N Doornberg², Denise Eygendaal⁴, Jesse B Jupiter⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
² Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
³ Amsterdam Shoulder and Elbow Center of Expertise (ASECE), OLVG, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
⁵ Division of Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Abstract

The origins of contemporary orthopedics can be traced all the way back to antiquity. Despite the absence of modern imaging techniques, a few bright minds were able to lay the groundwork for understanding these fractures. This historical review will cover the process behind the various treatments for elbow fractures, such as splinting and casting, mobilization, amputation, fracture fixation, arthroplasty, and arthroscopy.

Keywords: Amputation; Arthroplasty; Arthroscopy; Fixation; Fractures; History; Mobilization; Splinting.

Publication types

Editorial