Editorial: Current Concepts in Elbow Trauma

Elbow injuries are relatively common and have a significant socioeconomic impact, accounting for 10% of all injuries to the upper limb with almost one third of these being dislocations and approximately 10% being fractures [1, 2]. Furthermore, the elbow is the second most commonly dislocated joint in adults and the most commonly dislocated joint in the paediatric population with 40% of these injuries being associated with sport [2, 3]. Injuries patterns can range from simple low-energy dislocations up to high-energy complex fractures and fracture-dislocations.