Main description:

Shoulder and Elbow Trauma and Its Complications: Volume 2: The Elbow provides an update on elbow surgery, a type of procedure that is seeing a significant increase in recent years.

Although some of these surgeries are due to an aging population, a large proportion of operations are being performed on younger patients who have damaged their joints through physical activity.

Worldwide, many of the injuries sustained through sport and physical activity are fractures which can be difficult to treat and can cause complications. Chapters in this detailed book will look at the most common types of elbow trauma and how to manage complications in surgery.

Contents:

Part 1 Elbow trauma

1 Simple elbow dislocation

2 Complex elbow dislocation

3 Distal Biceps Tears: acute and chronic

4 Distal humerus fractures: open reduction and internal fixation

5 Distal humerus fractures: arthroplasty

6 Fractures of the proximal radius and ulna: Basic concepts

7 Fractures of the proximal radius and ulna: Coronoid fractures

8 Fractures of the proximal radius and ulna: Olecranon fractures

9 Fractures of the proximal radius and ulna: Monteggia injuries

Part 2 Managing complications of elbow trauma

10 Persistent instability following elbow trauma

11 The failed elbow radial head fixation and replacement

12 Distal humerus nonunion/failure of fixation

13 Olecranon nonunions/failure of fixation

14 Post-traumatic elbow contracture and heterotopic ossification about the elbow

15 Postraumatic osteoarthritis in the elbow