Open AccessRisk of nerve injury during arthroscopy portal placement in the elbow joint
Author(s) -
Prashant Chaware,
John Ashutosh Santoshi,
Abhijit Pakhare,
Bertha Rathinam
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.173510
Subject(s) - medicine , elbow , neurovascular bundle , forearm , nerve injury , ulnar nerve , biceps , surgery , arthroscopy , anatomy
Elbow arthroscopy has become a routine procedure now. However, placing portals is fraught with dangers of injuring the neurovascular structures around elbow. There are not enough data documenting the same amongst the Indians. We aimed to determine the relative distances of nerves around the elbow to the arthroscopy portals and risk of injury in different positions of the elbow.