SHOULDER AND ELBOW
DEFINITION Most comminuted elbow fractures have associated soft tissue injuries, which are often of equal or …
DEFINITION Elbow extension against gravity or resistance may be difficult or impossible when the distal trice…
DEFINITION Brett D. Owens Joanna G. Branstetter Thomas P. Goss Intra-articular scapular fractures include fra…
DEFINITION The subscapularis is one of four muscles making up the rotator cuff. Tears can result from chronic…
DEFINITION Scapulothoracic crepitus first was described by Boinet 4 in 1867. It is characterized by painful s…
DEFINITION Simple dislocations of the elbow can most often be treated successfully with closed means: reducti…
DEFINITION Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, systemic, inflammatory condition of unknown etiology affec…
DEFINITION Radial head fractures are the most common fracture of the elbow and usually can be managed either …
DEFINITION Posterosuperior tears of the rotator cuff involve the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, and occasional…
DEFINITIONS Latissimus dorsi transfer (with or without concomitant teres minor transfer) can be used in prope…
DEFINITION Lateral epicondylitis involves tendinosis at the origin of the common wrist extensors. It is commo…
DEFINITION The clavicle is one of the most commonly fractured bones. The site on the clavicle most often frac…
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