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Upper Extremity

Session: Concurrent Breakout Session

Demystifying Periarticular Fracture-dislocations of the Elbow

Saturday, October 21, 2023
9:45 AM – 10:45 AM PST
Location: 606-607

    Moderator(s)

  • GD

    Gregory J. Della Rocca, MD, PhD, MBA

    Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
    University of Missouri
    Columbia, Missouri, United States

    Disclosure(s): Intellectual Ventures: Other Financial or Material Support (Ongoing); Mergenet Medical: Stock Shareholder (excluding mutual funds) (Ongoing); The Orthopaedic Implant Company: Stock Shareholder (excluding mutual funds) (Ongoing); Wright-Tornier: Other Financial or Material Support (Ongoing)

    • Faculty(s)

  • ML

    Milton TM Little, MD (he/him/his)

    Assistant Professor
    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Cedars Sinai Medical Center
    Los Angeles, California, United States

    Disclosure(s): Deputy Synthes: Consultant (Ongoing); Globus Medical: Consultant (Ongoing); Restor3D: Consultant (Ongoing), Stock Shareholder (excluding mutual funds) (Ongoing)

  • Brandon J. Yuan, MD

    Assistant Professor
    Mayo Clinic
    Rochester, Minnesota, United States

    Disclosure(s): DePuy/Synthes: Consultant (Ongoing); Stryker: Consultant (Ongoing)

  • BB

    Brian Buck, IV, DO (he/him/his)

    Associate Professor of orthopaedic surgery
    University of Arizona College of Medicine in Phoenix/CORE Institute
    scottsdale, Arizona, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Jonah Hebert-Davies, MD

    Associate Professor
    Harborview Medical Center
    Harboriew Medical Center
    Seattle, Washington, United States

    Disclosure(s): Arthrex: Consultant (Ongoing), Consultant (Ongoing); Depuy/Synthes: Consultant (Ongoing)

  • JT

    Jennifer Tangtiphaiboontana, MD (she/her/hers)

    Senior Associate Consultant
    Mayo Clinic

    Disclosure(s): Stryker: Consultant (Ongoing)

Periarticular fracture dislocations of the elbow are challenging injuries to treat. Many historical treatments resulted in failure secondary to incomplete understanding of the various types of injuries that exist. In this symposium, we will review the multiple different types of elbow fracture-dislocations, with the intention of providing the participant with the tools needed to make an accurate diagnosis of the injury as well as formulate a surgical tactic for its repair. As these injuries are relatively uncommon, they are usually referred to high-volume trauma centers with particular expertise in their management. The symposium faculty are accomplished trauma surgeons with an expertise in the treatment of complex elbow injuries, and will present pearls and pitfalls for the treatment of the various types of periarticular elbow fracture-dislocations.

Learning Objectives:

At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
  • Recognize a type of elbow fracture-dislocation based upon coronoid fracture morphology (or lack thereof).
  • Describe (an) appropriate surgical approach(es) for the operative treatment of individual elbow fracture-dislocations.
  • Create a surgical tactic for the rational treatment of different types of elbow fracture-dislocations.