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Elbow Arthroscopy in Stiff Elbow

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Arthroscopy is increasingly used to diagnose and treat elbow pathologies although the elbow has always been considered a difficult joint to be endoscopically explored. Arthroscopy knowledge increase and technology breakthrough in the last few years have allowed a standardisation of techniques and a better definition of indications.

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  1. Department of Othopaedic, Othopaedic Sassuolo Hospital, Street saragozza 130, 41100, Modena, Italy

    Luigi Pederzini, Massimo Tosi, Mauro Prandini & Fabio Nicoletta

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Pederzini, L., Tosi, M., Prandini, M., Nicoletta, F. (2013). Elbow Arthroscopy in Stiff Elbow. In: Pederzini, L. (eds) Elbow Arthroscopy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38103-4_5

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