Publication details
Individuální přístup při operačním uvolnění ztuhlosti loketního kloubu
| Title in English | Individual approach to elbow arthrolysis |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2011 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Úrazová chirurgie |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Surgery incl. transplantology |
| Keywords | elbow joint; rigidity; arthrolysis |
| Description | Between 2003 and 2009, 39 men and 7 women with mean age of 41,5 years underwent operative arthrolysis of the elbow joint. Just in a half of cases was trauma a cause of rigidity. Mean range of motion (ROM) before surgery was 58,0 deg. (range, 0 - 105 deg.). Mean ROM immediately after the surgery was 118,6 deg. It means the average increase of ROM 60,6 deg. At last follow-up control was the mean ROM 111,0 deg. The loss of ROM presented 7,6 deg. at average. The final ROM increase was meanly 53,0 deg. (range, 20 - 125 deg.). No serious complications were observed. Elbow arthrolysis represents a successfull procedure which returns a patient to common everyday activities. Medial surgical approach is prefered in most cases. |