A 35-year-old right-handed man presents 12 months after a posterior elbow dislocation.
He was initially immobilized in a cast for 2 weeks after which he did elbow exercises
supervised by a physiotherapist. He has 50° to 90° of flexion, 70° of pronation, and
70° of supination. Radiographs show a located and concentric elbow joint with no heterotopic
ossification. His ulnar nerve function is normal. He requests elbow capsulectomy to
improve his elbow motion.
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Accepted:
November 23,
2013
Received:
October 23,
2013
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