title: Arthroscopic Treatment of Septic Arthritis of the Elbow in a 4-Year-Old Girl.
abstract: Pediatric septic arthritis is uncommon and has been traditionally treated by joint aspiration or open arthrotomy. There are some reports about arthroscopic surgery in pediatric septic arthritis of the knee, hip, and shoulder. However, there is no report for the case of elbow. We report a case of pediatric septic arthritis of elbow treated with arthroscopically with good clinical condition at 3-year follow-up. This paper is based on a report first published in Japanese (Tojo (2012)).
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan ; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Takeda General Hospital, 3-27 Yamaga-machi, Aizuwakamatsu 965-8585, Japan.
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koide
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Takeda General Hospital, 3-27 Yamaga-machi, Aizuwakamatsu 965-8585, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tojo
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hagiwara
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Takeda General Hospital, 3-27 Yamaga-machi, Aizuwakamatsu 965-8585, Japan.
authors.forename: Souichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Takeda General Hospital, 3-27 Yamaga-machi, Aizuwakamatsu 965-8585, Japan.
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Takeda General Hospital, 3-27 Yamaga-machi, Aizuwakamatsu 965-8585, Japan.
authors.forename: Masahito
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan.
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Itoi