Elbow Trauma in the Athlete.
In caring for athletes, the physician must be able to accurately diagnose and appropriately treat all forms of elbow injuries. Traumatic injuries to the elbow are common in the athlete. The late cocking phase of throwing produces tremendous valgus stress on the elbow that can lead to medial epicondyle avulsion fractures in adolescents or rupture of the medial ulnar collateral ligament in skeletally mature overhead throwers, such as baseball pitchers and javelin throwers. Common traumatic elbow injuries suffered by athletes, surgical techniques for operative repair of these injuries, as well as postoperative rehabilitation protocols and the clinical results are presented.
Hospital for Special Surgery, Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA. Electronic address: Lauren.redler@gmail.com.
Lauren H
LH
Redler
Hospital for Special Surgery, Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA.
Joshua S
JS
Dines
D000293:Adolescent; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D017885:Collateral Ligaments / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D004550:Elbow / Q000601:surgery*; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000145:classification / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009984:Orthopedic Fixation Devices; D056888:Patient Positioning; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012421:Rupture / Q000601:surgery; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D000092464:Elbow Injuries
Distal biceps rupture; Medial epicondyle avulsion fracture; Medial ulnar collateral ligament injury (MCL); Olecranon stress fracture; Triceps rupture