Soft tissue contractures about the elbow.
Hard and soft tissue injury to the elbow may be complicated by progressive secondary joint contracture. Motion-directed therapy often improves or eliminates elbow contracture if it is recognized early in treatment. Progressive soft tissue contracture, with or without the concomitant development of heterotopic ossification, is best treated by surgical release. This article discusses the operative technique and the results of treatment.
Division of Hand, Upper Extremity, and Microvascular Surgery, Brown University School of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence.
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D000328:Adult; D003286:Contracture / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000379:methods; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography