Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Feb 2010
ReviewSimple elbow dislocations: a systematic review of the literature.
To identify if functional treatment is the best available treatment for simple elbow dislocations. ⋯ This review has included data from two trials and three observational comparative studies. Important data were missing from three observational comparative studies and the results from these studies were extracted for this review. No difference was found between surgical treatment of the collateral ligaments and plaster immobilisation of the elbow joint. Better range of movement, less pain, better functional scores, shorter disability and shorter treatment time were seen after functional treatment versus plaster immobilisation.
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Feb 2010
ReviewSimple elbow dislocations: a systematic review of the literature.
To identify if functional treatment is the best available treatment for simple elbow dislocations. ⋯ This review has included data from two trials and three observational comparative studies. Important data were missing from three observational comparative studies and the results from these studies were extracted for this review. No difference was found between surgical treatment of the collateral ligaments and plaster immobilisation of the elbow joint. Better range of movement, less pain, better functional scores, shorter disability and shorter treatment time were seen after functional treatment versus plaster immobilisation.