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Surgical Approaches for Elbow Replacements

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Elbow Arthroplasty

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Elbow arthroplasty presents some unique characteristics; in fact, compared to the hip and knee joints, the elbow is relatively small, and its stability depends largely on ligamentous integrity.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Shoulder and Elbow Surgical Unit, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy

    Enrico Guerra, Alessandro Marinelli, Marco Cavallo & Graziano Betttelli

  2. Department Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, IRCCS Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy

    Roberto Rotini

  3. Orthopaedic and Traumatology School, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute—Bologna University, Bologna, Italy

    Roberta Zaccaro

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  1. Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Turin Medical School, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano, Turin, Italy

    Filippo Castoldi

  2. Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic Medicine and Orthopaedics Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome - Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy

    Giuseppe Giannicola

  3. Department Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, IRCCS Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy

    Roberto Rotini

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Guerra, E., Zaccaro, R., Marinelli, A., Cavallo, M., Betttelli, G., Rotini, R. (2020). Surgical Approaches for Elbow Replacements. In: Castoldi, F., Giannicola, G., Rotini, R. (eds) Elbow Arthroplasty . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14455-5_5

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