Abstract
The elbow is the second most commonly dislocated major joint in adults. A small proportion (<10%) of patients have a poor outcome, and some do require surgical intervention. A review of the pathoanatomy, assessment, management, and outcomes of simple elbow dislocations is presented, and a technique of arthroscopic elbow stabilization is described. Emphasis is placed on emerging concepts regarding the soft tissue injury, the stabilizing structures that are injured, the sequence and mechanism of injury, and the relationship to elbow stability. The benefits of nonsurgical and surgical management are discussed, and a treatment algorithm based on the pathoanatomy is proposed.
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