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Evaluation and Surgical Decision-Making in Elbow Instability (ICL 13)

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Elbow instability is usually the result of an acute major or minor traumatic event, resulting in injury to the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) or lateral ulnar collateral ligamentous complex (LUCL). This manuscript will focus on the specific salient features of the evaluation and surgical decision-making for injuries to the elbow resulting in medial and lateral (posterolateral) instability.

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, Oosterpark 9, 1090 HM, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

    Michel P. J. van den Bekerom

  2. Orthopaedic-Traumatologic Department, New Sassuolo Hospital, Sassuolo, Italy

    Luigi A. Pederzini MD

  3. Massachusetts General Hospital, 175 Cambridge Street Suite 400, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

    Luke Oh

  4. Hand & Upper Extremity, Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, Memorial International Hospital, University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

    A. Mehmet Demirtaş

  5. University Hospital Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

    Roger P. van Riet MD, PhD

  6. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Standford University, Standford, CA, USA

    Marc R. Safran

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  1. Med.Dir.Uni.Hosp.Brande."The.Fon.Med.Sch, Dept.ofOrtho.&Traumato.Cen.of Jt.Replac., Brandenburg, Brandenburg, Germany

    Roland Becker

  2. Academic Medical Center, Orthopaedic Surgery, AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Gino M.M.J. Kerkhoffs

  3. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

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  5. Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Clinique d'Eich, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

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van den Bekerom, M.P.J., Pederzini, L.A., Oh, L., Demirtaş, A.M., van Riet, R.P., Safran, M.R. (2016). Evaluation and Surgical Decision-Making in Elbow Instability (ICL 13). In: Becker, R., Kerkhoffs, G., E. Gelber, P., Denti, M., Seil, R. (eds) ESSKA Instructional Course Lecture Book . Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49114-0_12

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