Miranda GDG, Torre GDM, Huerta OVM, Pérez MJA, Guerrero BL, Ávila CE

Language: Spanish
References: 18
Page: 108-112
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ABSTRACT

Introduction. The lost of the mobility postraumatic of the elbow in the artrofibrosis is centered around the traumatism of soft parts, the handling with open surgery or an aggressive physiotherapy can worsen the predict, the handling with surgery arthroscopy is an alternative. Material and methods. One carries out a retrospective study of a group of 6 patients, with the I diagnose of elbow artrofibrótico postraumatic, treaties by means of arthroscopy in who the functional result was not satisfactory, later to the conservative handling. Results. After of the treatment arthroscopy, the movement range improved of an extension I average out preoperatively from 39° to 8° postoperatively, the flexion averages out preoperatively from 118° to 140° postoperatively, with a better acting of the labor and daily activities of the patients. Conclusions. The result of the handling arthroscopy of the elbow artrofibrotico, is more satisfactory than the open surgery, because it allows an early physiotherapy with smaller index of recurrents of the artrofibrosis and therefore a better functionality of the elbow, in spite of the biggest risk of lesion of neurovascular structures.

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