Acute Elbow Dislocation: Evaluation and Management
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Vol. 6 (1) , 15-23
- https://doi.org/10.5435/00124635-199801000-00002
Abstract
Most elbow dislocations are stable after closed reduction. Treatment with an early range-of-motion program generally leads to favorable results. Care must be taken to rule out neurovascular involvement and associated osseous or ligamentous injury in the wrist. Late elbow instability and stifKeywords
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