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Chapter 8 - Elbow

from Section 2 - Adult Elective Orthopaedics and Spine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 November 2019

By
Terence Savaridas
Edited by
Paul A. Banaszkiewicz  and
Deiary F. Kader
Paul A. Banaszkiewicz
Affiliation:
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead
Deiary F. Kader
Affiliation:
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead
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Summary

Practise viva technique in a timed manner and adapt your technique to illustrate your strengths.

The following are viva examples of common clinical scenarios. The suggested reading references are all available to access free online. They provide useful supplementary information to the topic of the viva.

Make a list of conditions causing pain, locking, stiffness, flail and unstable elbow. Painful elbow pathology could be best remembered by its anatomical position – anterior, medial, posterior and lateral.

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Postgraduate Orthopaedics
Viva Guide for the FRCS (Tr & Orth) Examination
 , pp. 168 - 180
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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References

Vaquero-Picado, A, Barco, R, Antuña, SA. Lateral epicondylitis of the elbow. EFORT Open Rev. 2016;1(11):391–397. http://doi.org/10.1302/2058-5241.1.000049Google Scholar
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Ishikawa, H. The latest treatment strategy for the rheumatoid hand deformity. J Orthopaed Sci. 2017;22(4):583–592. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jos. (It is worth a look at figures 2 and 3 which give a pictorial description of the pathological change seen in RA.)CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Jenkins, PJ, Watts, AC, Norwood, T, et al. Total elbow replacement: outcome of 1146 arthroplasties from the Scottish Arthroplasty Project. Acta Orthopaed. 2013;84(2):119–123. http://doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2013.784658Google Scholar
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Camp, CL, Smith, J, O’Driscoll, SW. Posterolateral rotatory instability of the elbow: Part II. Supplementary examination and dynamic imaging techniques. Arthrosc Tech. 2017;6(2):e407–e411. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.eats.2016.10.012Google Scholar
Englert, C, Zellner, J, Koller, M, Nerlich, M, Lenich, A. Elbow dislocations: a review ranging from soft tissue injuries to complex elbow fracture dislocations. Adv Orthoped. 2013;951397. http://doi.org/10.1155/2013/951397CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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