Rheumatoid Arthritis
CHAPTER 74 Rheumatoid Arthritis Harvinder S. Luthra INTRODUCTION Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory disease of unknown etiology that has been known to exist since at least the 1800s,75,109 when…
Nonimplantation Salvage of Severe Elbow Dysfunction
CHAPTER 67 Nonimplantation Salvage of Severe Elbow Dysfunction Bernard F. Morrey INTRODUCTION Today, several salvage options exist for severe elbow dysfunction following trauma or failed prior intervention. If the joint…
Nonunion of the Olecranon and Proximal Ulna
CHAPTER 26 Nonunion of the Olecranon and Proximal Ulna Panayiotis J. Papagelopoulos, Ralph W. Coonrad, Bernard F. Morrey GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS Nonunion of olecranon and proximal ulna fractures is a relatively…
Linked Total Elbow Arthroplasty in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
CHAPTER 54 Linked Total Elbow Arthroplasty in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis David R.J. Gill, Bernard F. Morrey, Robert A. Adams INTRODUCTION Both coupled and uncoupled elbow replacement prosthetic designs are…
Rupture of the Triceps Tendon
CHAPTER 35 Rupture of the Triceps Tendon Bernard F. Morrey INTRODUCTION Rupture of the triceps tendon is rare.1,2,3 Anzel and colleagues2 reported that 85% of the 1015 tendon injuries treated…
Management of Loose Bodies and Other Limited Procedures
CHAPTER 38 Management of Loose Bodies and Other Limited Procedures Larry D. Field, Felix H. Savoie, III INTRODUCTION The arthroscope has proven itself to be ideally suited for the removal…
Septic Arthritis
CHAPTER 77 Septic Arthritis Kenneth P. Butters, Bernard F. Morrey INTRODUCTION Since the last edition of this text, a MedLine search revealed very few contributions specifically dealing with elbow sepsis…
Surgical Failure of Tennis Elbow
CHAPTER 46 Surgical Failure of Tennis Elbow Bernard F. Morrey INTRODUCTION Lateral epicondylitis is the most common elbow affliction in adults. Surgical intervention appears to be increasing, in part due…
Physical Examination of the Elbow
CHAPTER 4 Physical Examination of the Elbow William D. Regan, Bernard F. Morrey INTRODUCTION This chapter deals with the basics of a general comprehensive physical examination of the elbow. Specific…
The Elbow in Metabolic Disease
CHAPTER 85 The Elbow in Metabolic Disease Bernard F. Morrey INTRODUCTION With the possible exception of tumoral calcinosis, no metabolic diseases have a special predilection for or a characteristic presentation…
