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Elbow Problems Treated
By Michael L. Sidor, M.D.

TENDON PROBLEMS:

  • Biceps tendon tear
  • Triceps tendon tear
  • "Snapping" Triceps
  • Lateral epicondylitis ("tennis elbow")
  • Medial epicondylitis
    ("golfer's elbow")
ARTHRITIS:
  • Osteoarthritis:
    age- related, degenerative.
  • Post-traumatic arthritis (after fracture)
  • Rheumatoid arthritis

LOOSE BODIES:

  • "Catching"
  • Loss of motion
  • Osteochondritis dissecans

NERVE PROBLEMS:

  • Ulnar nerve compression (cubital tunnel syndrome)
  • Radial nerve compression (radial tunnel syndrome)

FRACTURES:

  • Humerus
  • Radius
  • Ulna
  • Radial head
  • Radial neck
  • Olecranon
  • Capitellum
  • Coronoid

MALUNION / NONUNION:
  • Humerus
  • Radius
  • Ulna
  • Radial head
  • Radial neck
  • Olecranon
  • Capitellum
  • Coronoid

INSTABILITY:

  • Dislocations
  • Ligament injuries
  • Capsular injuries

MASSES:

  • Lipomas
  • Cysts (ganglion)

STIFFNESS:

  • Post-traumatic
  • Ectopic (heterotopic) ossification

INFECTIONS

POST-OPERATIVE ELBOW PROBLEMS

For more information about many of the above elbow
problems, please visit http://orthoinfo.aaos.org
and/or http://orthoillustrated.com

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