Unlinked Arthroplasty
CHAPTER 52 Unlinked Arthroplasty Jeffery S. Hughes, Bernard F. Morrey, Graham J.W. King PART A Distal Humeral Hemiarthroplasty Jeffery S. Hughes INTRODUCTION Distal humeral hemiarthroplasty (DHH) was first described in…
Anatomy of the Elbow Joint
CHAPTER 2 Anatomy of the Elbow Joint Bernard F. Morrey This chapter discusses the normal anatomy of the elbow region. Abnormal and surgical anatomy is addressed in subsequent chapters of…
Biomechanics of the Elbow
CHAPTER 3 Biomechanics of the Elbow Kai-Nan An, Mark E. Zobitz, Bernard F. Morrey INTRODUCTION Upper extremity use depends largely on a functional elbow joint. A complex joint, the elbow…
Nerve Entrapment Syndromes
CHAPTER 80 Nerve Entrapment Syndromes Robert J. Spinner INTRODUCTION The diagnosis of a nerve entrapment lesion arising at the elbow can be relatively straightforward if the history, physical examination, electromyographic…
Radial Head Fracture
CHAPTER 24 Radial Head Fracture PART A General Considerations, Conservative Treatment, and Open Reduction and Internal Fixation Roger P. van Riet, Francis Van Glabbeek, Bernard F. Morrey INTRODUCTION HISTORICAL REVIEW…
Flaccid Dysfunction of the Elbow
CHAPTER 71 Flaccid Dysfunction of the Elbow Mikko Larsen, Allen T. Bishop, Alexander Y. Shin INTRODUCTION Flaccid paralysis of the elbow severely limits a patient’s ability to position and stabilize…
Neoplasms of the Elbow
CHAPTER 82 Neoplasms of the Elbow Douglas J. Pritchard, K. Krishnan Unni, Bernard F. Morrey INTRODUCTION Most benign and malignant tumors of bone and soft tissue are relatively rare, and…
Dislocations of the Child’s Elbow
CHAPTER 20 Dislocations of the Child’s Elbow R. Merv Letts, Bernard F. Morrey INTRODUCTION Dislocation of the elbow in children is the most common childhood dislocation, constituting about 6% to…
Hinged External Fixators of the Elbow
CHAPTER 33 Hinged External Fixators of the Elbow Bernard F. Morrey, A. Noelle Larson, Matthew Morrey INTRODUCTION By definition, a dynamic hinged external fixation allows for an axis of rotation…
Distal Humeral Fractures–Acute Total Elbow Arthroplasty
CHAPTER 56 Distal Humeral Fractures–Acute Total Elbow Arthroplasty Srinath Kamineni INTRODUCTION Distal humeral fractures are infrequent when compared with other fractures and comprise approximately 1% to 2% of all adult…
