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Recurrent instability of the elbow in the Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

A REPORT OF THREE CASES AND A NEW TECHNIQUE OF SURGICAL STABILISATION

A. S. Cole, BSc, FRCS (Tr & Orth), Specialist Registrar in Trauma and Orthopaedics; G. A. Hill, FRCS (Tr & Orth), Specialist Registrar in Trauma and Orthopaedics; M. Abela, MD, FRCS, Specialist Registrar in Trauma and Orthopaedics; and A. J. Carr, ChM, FRCS, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Windmill Road, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LD, UK.

Correspondence should be sent to Mr A. S. Cole at 25 Windmill Heights, North Leigh, Near Witney, Oxon OX8 6ZD, UK.

We present three cases of recurrent instability of the elbow in association with the Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. The pattern of instability has not previously been reported. We describe our procedure for achieving stability using a bone graft to the olecranon fossa which gave a functional range of movement.






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