TENDON
PROBLEMS:
- Biceps
tendon tear
- Triceps
tendon tear
- "Snapping"
Triceps
- Lateral
epicondylitis ("tennis elbow")
- Medial
epicondylitis
("golfer's elbow")
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ARTHRITIS:
- Osteoarthritis:
age- related, degenerative.
- Post-traumatic
arthritis (after fracture)
- Rheumatoid
arthritis
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LOOSE
BODIES:
- "Catching"
- Loss
of motion
- Osteochondritis
dissecans
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NERVE
PROBLEMS:
- Ulnar
nerve compression (cubital tunnel syndrome)
- Radial
nerve compression (radial tunnel syndrome)
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FRACTURES:
- Humerus
- Radius
- Ulna
- Radial
head
- Radial
neck
- Olecranon
- Capitellum
- Coronoid
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MALUNION
/ NONUNION:
- Humerus
- Radius
- Ulna
- Radial
head
- Radial
neck
- Olecranon
- Capitellum
- Coronoid
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INSTABILITY:
- Dislocations
- Ligament
injuries
- Capsular
injuries
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MASSES:
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STIFFNESS:
- Post-traumatic
- Ectopic (heterotopic) ossification
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INFECTIONS
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POST-OPERATIVE
ELBOW PROBLEMS
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For more information about many of
the above elbow
problems, please visit http://orthoinfo.aaos.organd/or http://orthoillustrated.com
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