Movements Before Surgery | ||
This 17 year old girl had stiff elbow as a result of an open inter-condylar fracture of humerus following side swipe injury. She underwent multiple surgeries for the same. When she presented to us the fracture had healed, skin graft was healthy but she had only of 50 degrees of arc of motion (40-90) | ||
Movements 2 days after surgery | ||
X-rays at the end of 6 months | ||
The excellent functional outcome with a sustained improvement in function as seen at 6 months followup. The arc of motion improved to 110 degrees (20 degrees of extension to 130 degrees of flexion). | ||
Fused Elbow |
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Xray before surgery | ||
This 30 year gentleman had been through a lot. He had multiple fractures after a road traffic accident about 5 years ago. He fracture of the right femur, right tibia, both bones of right forearm with fracture of proximal humerus. All open fractures. When he came to us he had a near fused elbow – just a jog of movements. | ||
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Movements after surgery | ||
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The functional outcome after 2 months of surgery. The post surgery arc of motion was 120 degrees with an extension of 20 degrees and flexion up to 130degrees. | ||