Table 2.
Elbow function in patients
Case | Range of motion | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type/Surgery | Normal unaffected elbow treatment group | Affected elbow | |||||
Pre-op | Post-op | Pre-op | Post-op | ||||
flex/n/ext | pro/n/sup | flex/n/ext | flex/n/ext | pro/n/sup | pro/n/sup | ||
1 | A: Ulna plating | 140-0-5 | 90-0-80 | 140-0-5 | 130-0-0 | 90-0-80 | 80-0-80 |
2 | A: K-wire fixation of ulna | 135-0-5 | 90-0-80 | 120-0-5 | 130-0-5 | 90-0-80 | 70-0-80 |
3 | A: Ulna plating + BG | 130-0-5 | 90-0-90 | 120-0-0 | 130-0-0 | 80-0-70 | 70-0-70 |
4 | A: Ulna plating | 140-0-0 | 90-0-80 | 130-0-5 | 110-0-0 | 90-0-90 | 70-0-80 |
5 | A: Ulna plating + BG | 140-0-5 | 80-0-90 | 60-20 (FFD) | 120-10 (FFD) | 80-0-0 | 70-0-40 |
6 | B: Only open reduction done | 130-0-0 | 80-0-90 | 130-0-5 | 130-0-5 | 90-0-90 | 80-0-90 |
7 | B: K-wire fixation of ulna | 140-0-5 | 90-0-90 | 140-0-5 | 130-0-0 | 90-0-80 | 80-0-80 |
8 | B: Ulna plating | 130-0-0 | 80-0-90 | 130-10 (FFD) | 140-0-0 | 80-0-90 | 80-0-80 |
9 | B: Ulna plating | 140-0-5 | 90-0-90 | 130-10 (FFD) | 140-0-5 (FFD) | 90-0-80 | 80-0-90 |
10 | B: K-wire fixation of ulna | 135-0-5 | 80-0-90 | 130-0-5 | 120-0-0 | 90-0-80 | 90-0-80 |
11 | B: Ulna plating + BG | 135-0-5 | 90-0-80 | 120-0-0 | 130-0-0 | 90-0-90 | 80-0-80 |
12 | B: Ulna plating | 140-0-5 | 80-0-90 | 140-0-5 | 130-0-0 | 80-0-90 | 80-0-80 |
FFD = Fixed flexion deformity, flex/n/ext: Full flexion/neutral/full extension, pro/n/sup: Pronation/neutral/supination, K–wire = Kirschner wire fixation of ulna, BG = Autogenous bone graft used