Successful Treatment of Post-Traumatic Elbow Scar Contracture Using Combined Approach of Surgical Release & Early Fractional Laser Resurfacing

Post-traumatic contracture of the elbow. Operative release using a lateral collateral ligament sparing approach.

We performed a lateral approach for the release of post-traumatic stiffness of the elbow in 22 patients using a modified technique designed to spare the lateral ligaments. They were reviewed after a mean interval of 26 months. The total humeroulnar joint movement had increased from a mean of 74 degrees to 129 degrees and forearm rotation from a mean of 135 degrees to 159 degrees. Both pain and ...

The medial approach for operative release of post-traumatic contracture of the elbow.

We treated post-traumatic contracture of the elbow in 13 consecutive patients (14 elbows) by operative release. Through a single medial approach, the posterior oblique bundle of the medial collateral ligament was resected, followed by posterior and anterior capsulectomies. An additional lateral release through a separate incision was required in only four elbows. The results were assessed at a ...

Successful Elbow Contracture Release Secondary to Melorheostosis

Surgical treatment of post-traumatic stiffness of the elbow.

Surgical release of the elbow was performed in 27 patients with post-traumatic stiffness at a mean of 14.5 months after the initial injury. The outcome was related to whether there had been heterotopic ossification, which had occurred in 18 elbows and to whether, if there had been a fracture, it had involved the articular surface, which had occurred in 13 elbows. The final range of movement and...

Successful treatment of atrophic postoperative and traumatic scarring with carbon dioxide ablative fractional resurfacing: quantitative volumetric scar improvement.

OBJECTIVE To assess the safety and efficacy of ablative fractional resurfacing (AFR) for nonacne atrophic scarring. DESIGN In this before-and-after trial, each scar received 3 AFR treatments and 6 months of follow-up. SETTING Private academic practice. PATIENTS Fifteen women with Fitzpatrick skin types I to IV, aged 21 to 66 years, presented with 22 nonacne atrophic scars between June 1 a...