title: Treatment options for complex elbow fracture dislocations.
abstract: The management of complex elbow fractures and fracture-dislocations requires an accurate assessment of the patterns of elbow injury. The surgical management of these injuries, in order to restore elbow stability and function, includes reconstruction of the articular surfaces and stabilization of the periarticular soft tissues. A surgical algorithm is presented to provide guidelines for treating these complex injuries.
authors.affiliation: Division of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 505 MEB, 1813 6th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294-3295, USA. donald.lee@ortho.uab.edu
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000601:surgery; D016267:External Fixators; D005260:Female; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D014458:Ulna Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D000092464:Elbow Injuries