What is it about?
Authors retrospectively analyzed six patients with tubercular elbow stiffness, including their demographic characteristics, surgical information and postoperative treatment. In addition, they indicated that surgical intervention and hinged external fixation were helpful to the patients and contributed to a satisfactory functional recovery.
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Why is it important?
Tubercular elbow stiffness is rare and this study provides a new insight into this disease as well as its potential treatment. .
Perspectives
This study is important for readers to have a basic knowledge of tubercular elbow stiffness and the treatment for this diease.
Yun Qian
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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This page is a summary of: Surgical release for tubercular elbow stiffness, Infection and Drug Resistance, December 2017, Dove Medical Press,
DOI: 10.2147/idr.s145323.
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