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Jos J Mellema1, Anneluuk L C Lindenhovius2, Jesse B Jupiter3.
Abstract
Posttraumatic elbow stiffness is a disabling condition that remains challenging to treat despite improvement of our understanding of the pathogenesis of posttraumatic contractures and new treatment regimens. This review provides an update and overview of the etiology of posttraumatic elbow stiffness, its classification, evaluation, nonoperative and operative treatment, and postoperative management.Entities:
Keywords: Contracture; Elbow; Posttraumatic; Release; Stiffness
Year: 2016 PMID: 26984466 PMCID: PMC4896879 DOI: 10.1007/s12178-016-9336-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med ISSN: 1935-9748