The Elbow

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. General Principles and Diagnostic Management

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. History of Elbow Diseases at Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute

      • Roberto Rotini, Maurizio Fontana, Marco Cavallo, Alice Ritali

      Pages 3-18

   3. Anatomy and Specimens

      • Alessandro Crosio, Lorenzo Mattei, Davide Blonna, Filippo Castoldi

      Pages 19-28

   4. Functional Anatomy and Biomechanic Models of the Elbow

      • Marco Cavallo, Roberto Rotini, Andrea G. Cutti, Ilaria Parel

      Pages 29-40

   5. Clinical Examination and Scores

      • Davide Blonna, Filippo Castoldi

      Pages 41-57

   6. Approach to the Radiological Imaging of the Elbow

      • Alberto Aliprandi, Alessandro Poloni

      Pages 59-66

   7. The Role of Ultrasonographic Evaluation in the Elbow Pathology

      • Giuseppe Monetti

      Pages 67-79

   8. Magnetic Resonance of the Elbow

      • Alberto Aliprandi, Chiara Mattiuz

      Pages 81-89

   9. CT and 3D CT of the Elbow

      • Giancarlo Facchini, Alberto Bazzocchi, Paolo Spinnato, Ugo Albisinni

      Pages 91-96

   10. Rehabilitation Protocols: Are They Useful?

       • Andrea Foglia, Paolo Bizzarri

       Pages 97-106

3. Surgical and Conservative Techniques

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107

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   2. Elbow Dislocation and Instability Classification

      • Alessandro Marinelli, Enrico Guerra, Marco Cavallo, Michelle Dos Santos Flöter, Roberto Rotini

      Pages 109-116

   3. First Episode of Dislocation and Simple Instability: Management and Rehabilitation

      • Silvia Di Giacomo, Carlo Alberto Augusti, Paritosh Gogna, Giuseppe Porcellini

      Pages 117-142

   4. Complex Elbow Instability: Treatment and Rehabilitation

      • Giuseppe Giannicola, David Polimanti, Marco Scacchi

      Pages 143-163

   5. Radial Head Fracture: Synthesis or Prosthetic Replacement

      • Andrea Celli, Susanna Stignani Kantar

      Pages 165-185

   6. Distal Humerus Fractures: The Plating Technique

      • Alessandro Marinelli, Graziano Bettelli, Roberto Rotini

      Pages 187-197

   7. Capitellar and Trochlear Fracture: Treatment and Rehabilitation

      • Alessandro Marinelli, Enrico Guerra, Graziano Bettelli, Susanna Stignani Kantar

      Pages 199-209

   8. Arthroscopic Treatment of Elbow Fractures

      • Enrico Guerra, Alessandro Marinelli, Graziano Bettelli, Marco Cavallo, Alice Ritali, Roberto Rotini

      Pages 211-222

   9. Distal Humeral Fractures in Elderly Patients: Synthesis or Prosthesis

      • Andrea Miti, Dragana Katusic, Eugenio Chiarello, Piero Piciocco

      Pages 223-233

This book provides readers with detailed guidance on the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of injuries and disorders of the elbow, including dislocation, complex instability, articular fractures, epicondylitis and epitrochleitis, distal biceps and triceps tendon injuries, peripheral nerve pathology, snapping triceps syndrome, elbow stiffness, and upper limb compartment syndrome. The choice between conservative and surgical treatment in different settings is clearly explained, and detailed advice offered on selection of surgical technique. A separate section provides a deeper understanding of the most common sports-related elbow pathologies, and their management, based on careful correlation with the movements performed by athletes in particular sports. Extensive consideration is also given to rehabilitation and physiotherapy protocols. This book will be of value for all orthopedic surgeons and other specialists who care for patients with elbow injuries, which can represent a challenge even to the more experienced.

• Elbow arthroscopy
• Elbow dislocation
• Elbow pain
• Elbow rehabilitation
• Elbow trauma
• Movement Analysis
• conservative orthopedics

• Policlinico di Modena, Shoulder and Elbow Unit, D. Cervesi Hospital, Cattolica, Italy

  Giuseppe Porcellini

• Rizzoli Institute, Bologna, Italy

  Roberto Rotini

• Terme di San Petronio - Antalgik, Bologna, Physiomedica, Faenza, Italy

  Susanna Stignani Kantar

• Shoulder Team, ForlìCio - Collegio Italiano Osteopatia, Parma, Italy

  Silvia Di Giacomo

Roberto Rotini is Director of Shoulder and Elbow Unit and is responsible for the research program titled “Orthopedic Clinical Pathology” of Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute of Bologna. From 2002 he has been teaching, with the role of Professor on contract, shoulder and elbow matters at the Orthopaedic post-graduate school of Bologna University. He is member of ESSSE/SECEC (European Society  for Surgery of the Shoulder and the Elbow) from 2002, he is part of the Board of Italian Society for Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (SICSeG) from 2005 and has been the President of this Society in 2013-14. He is part of the Editorial Board of Muskuloskeletal Surgery.

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