Open Arthrolysis for Chronic Elbow Dislocation with Extremely Severe Stiffness in Children.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Studies on extremely severe elbow stiffness after chronic dislocation in children are scarce. This study aims to investigate the choice of surgical treatment modalities and to analyze their treatment efficacy in children with chronic elbow dislocation with extremely severe periarticular stiffness.

Methods

Data of 21 children with chronic elbow dislocation with extremely severe periarticular stiffness diagnosed and treated in our department between February 2015 and February 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. Twenty boys and one girl were included in the study, their mean age was 11 ± 2.5 years, and they had concomitant distal humerus fractures. For the treatment protocol, all children with extremely severe elbow stiffness were treated with open arthrolysis, and el

SUBMITTER: Kang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10432431 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature