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Vol. 54. Issue 2.
Pages 126-135 (March - April 2010)
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Vol. 54. Issue 2.
Pages 126-135 (March - April 2010)
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Elbow stiffness
Rigidez de codo postraumática
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R. Barco Laakso
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, S. Antuña
Shoulder and Elbow Unit, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain
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Purpose

Loss of elbow mobility can result in a severe functional limitation. Its causes remain unclear and the degree of functional limitation may be variable. The advent of new therapeutic strategies and the introduction of arthroscopic techniques have rekindled interest in this pathology.

Materials and methods

A review of the literature is carried out in order to assist the reader in making decisions concerning this complicated disorder.

Conclusions

Arthroscopic techniques have heralded a reliable method for treating moderate elbow stiffness, a disorder that could entail a potential risk to local neovascular structures. Open capsulectomy has obtained good results and is capable of achieving ROM gains of 50 degrees in the majority of cases. Cases with an injured joint may be treated with interpositional arthroplasty or with an elbow prosthesis, depending on the patient's age and the severity of the damage.

Keywords:
Elbow
Stiffness
Treatment
Surgery
Resumen
Objetivo

La pérdida de movilidad del codo puede producir una grave limitación funcional. Las causas todavía no están claras y el grado de limitación funcional puede ser variable. La llegada de nuevas estrategias terapéuticas y la introducción de las técnicas artroscópicas han renovado el interés por esta afección.

Material y método

Se realiza una discusión de la bibliografía médica para guiar la toma de decisiones de este difícil problema.

Conclusiones

Las técnicas artroscópicas han introducido un método fiable para el tratamiento de la rigidez de codo moderada con el coste de un riesgo potencial de lesión de las estructuras neurovasculares locales. La capsulectomía abierta ha demostrado buenos resultados y es capaz de conseguir una ganancia de 50° en la mayor parte de los casos. Los casos con lesión articular se pueden tratar con una artroplastia de interposición o con una prótesis de codo, dependiendo de la edad y del grado de daño articular.

Palabras clave:
Codo
Rigidez
Tratamiento
Cirugía
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