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Nerve Injury Associated with Elbow Procedures

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Different nerves are at risk during procedures around the elbow joint. An appreciation of the complex anatomy of the region, the appropriate processes to perform the diagnosis, and the multidisciplinary and multimodal treatment combining all types of reconstruction modalities is fundamental to optimize the results of surgery. This chapter attempts to highlight our current strategies and techniques to perform a proper diagnosis and treatment to nerve injuries around the elbow joint.

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  1. Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, BG Trauma Center Frankfurt am Main, Academic Hospital of the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Lukas Pindur & Andrés A. Maldonado

  2. Instituto Cugat, Hospital Quirónsalud Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Eduard Alentorn

  3. Mutualidad Española de Futbolistas, Delegación Cataluña, Federación Española de Fútbol, Barcelona, Spain

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  4. Fundación García-Cugat, Barcelona, Spain

    Eduard Alentorn

  5. Department of Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Getafe, Madrid, Spain

    Andrés A. Maldonado

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Pindur, L., Alentorn, E., Maldonado, A.A. (2022). Nerve Injury Associated with Elbow Procedures. In: Dy, C.J., Brogan, D.M., Wagner, E.R. (eds) Peripheral Nerve Issues after Orthopedic Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84428-8_6

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