PEDIATRIC ELBOW COLLATERAL AND ANNULAR LIGAMENT ANATOMY: A CT-BASED CADAVERIC STUDY

Elbow medial collateral ligament injuries

Elbow medial collateral ligament sprain occurs when the elbow is subjected to a valgus force exceeding the tensile properties of the medial collateral ligament (MCL). This is an injury seen more often in throwing athletes. Understanding the differential diagnosis of medial elbow pain is paramount to diagnose MCL injury as well as addressing other medial elbow pathology. A natural evolution rega...

Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction of the Elbow

Methods: A systematic review was registered with PROSPERO and performed following PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines using 3 publicly available free databases. Therapeutic clinical outcome investigations reporting UCLR outcomes with level of evidence 1 through 4 were eligible for inclusion. All study, subject, and surgical technique demographi...

Ulnar Collateral Ligament Tears of the Elbow

Radial Collateral Ligament of the Elbow

ateral epicondylitis, or tennis elbow, is the most common cause of lateral elbow pain and can be a major cause of symptoms and debilitation.1 The term “lateral epicondylitis” is a misnomer, in that the abnormality causing tennis elbow is degeneration and a possible tear of the common extensor tendon (CET) at or near its humeral origin.2 Histologic studies have shown that there is no significant...

Origin of the Medial Ulnar Collateral Ligament on the Pediatric Elbow

PURPOSE Surgical reconstruction of the adult anterior bundle of the medial ulnar collateral elbow ligament (UCL) is a common and established treatment that yields satisfactory results. Children sustain these injuries less frequently, and surgical intervention is complicated by the juxtaposed medial epicondyle apophysis. The purpose of this study was to identify the anatomical origin of the pedi...