Eighteen cases of elbow dislocation treated at our hospital (15 males and 3 females and 14 left elbows and 4 right) were reviewed clinically. Treatment of these cases consisted of 13 non-operative procedures after reduction (5 slings, 4 plaster casts and 4 plaster splints) and 4 surgical procedures (1 osteosynthesis, 2 tendon reproduction etc.). Dislocation of the elbow joint is frequent, and its treatment standard, but something has been focused on the complications after treatment.
In some complication, an instability is noticed just after reduction.
The cases which had little instability were treated with slings.
The cases with instability usually were treated with 3 weeks of plaster cast fixation.
The younger male patients, who were engaged in muscular labor tended to be treated with surgical procedures and there was no bad result after the operation.
