JBJS | Refractory Elbow Arthrofibrosis: A Report of Four Cases

The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, Volume 91, Issue 11

Case Reports | November 01, 2009

Refractory Elbow Arthrofibrosis: A Report of Four Cases

Sergiy Nesterenko, MD¹; Joaquin Sanchez-Sotelo, MD¹; Bernard F. Morrey, MD¹

¹ Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street S.W., Rochester, MN 55905. E-mail address for J. Sanchez-Sotelo: sanchezsotelo.joaquin@mayo.edu

The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. 2009; 91:2693-2695 doi:10.2106/JBJS.H.00971

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Most patients with elbow stiffness have contractures proportional in severity to the initial insult. However, there is a subset of individuals who have stiffness after relatively minor events and who experience repeated early recurrences after soft-tissue contracture release. The purpose of the present report was to describe the clinical features and outcomes for patients presenting with such a condition, which we term refractory elbow arthrofibrosis.

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elbow region ; arthrofibrosis ; elbow stiffness

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