Anatomy and Biomechanics of the Elbow -- The Clinical Examination of the Elbow -- Imaging of the Elbow -- Elbow Surgical Approaches -- The Treatment of Distal Humerus Fractures -- The Fractures of the Olecranon -- The Radial Head Fractures -- The Treatment of Coronoid Fractures and their Complications -- Lateral Collateral Ligament Injury -- The Complex Dislocations of the Elbow -- The Fracture-Dislocation of the Forearm (Monteggia and Essex-Lopresti Lesions) -- The Instability after Radial Head Excision -- The Radial Head Prosthesis: Historical Perspective -- The Swanson Radial Head Prosthesis -- Bipolar Radial Head Prosthesis -- Evolve™ Modular Metallic Radial Head Arthroplasty -- Radial Head Prosthetic Replacement with the Avanta Implant -- Radial Head Replacement with a Pyrocarbon Head Prosthesis: Preliminary Results of a Multicentric Prespective Study -- Elbow Stiffness -- The Arthroscopic Treatment of the Stiff Elbow -- The Surgery of Neglected Distal Humerus Fractures in Children and Adults -- Total Elbow Replacement for Rheumatoid Arthritis -- Total Elbow Arthroplasty in Acute Fracture -- Latitude Convertible Total Elbow Prosthesis -- Total Elbow Arthroplasty for Post-traumatic Arthrosis -- Revision of Failed Elbow Arthroplasty -- Elbow Nerve Tunnel Syndromes -- Traumatic Isolated Lesions of Musculocutaneous Nerve -- The Traumatic Nerve-Vascular Lesions -- The Utility of Continuous Axial Brachial Plexus Catheters after Surgery -- Elbow Brace in Physical Therapy.

The complexity of elbow anatomy and function often leads to an adverse response to traumatic and inflammatory conditions. For this reason, many standard orthopaedic texts advise caution regarding the surgical management of traumatic and degenerative lesions. The aim of this book is to didactically describe the different pathologies of the elbow and their surgical treatment, thus helping to reduce the incidence of complications such as stiff elbow, heterotypic bone and joint instability, and degenerative arthritis. The volume, written by world-renowned elbow orthopaedic surgeons and enhanced by colour images and tables, will be warmly welcomed not only by practitioners, but also by students and medical residents.