Elbow Trauma in the Polytraumatized Patient: Management Priorities and Goals.
review · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.hcl.2025.06.001.
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Abstract
Guidelines for care of the polytraumatized patient has fluctuated over time, with the most recent guidelines suggesting a goal of safe definitive surgery when possible and damage control orthopedics for patients in extremis. This article aims to describe the models of care of polytraumatized patients, how upper extremity injury affects outcomes in this patient population, goals of a thorough clinical evaluation of these patients, as well as management priorities and surgical options with case examples.
Medical subject headings
- Multiple Trauma
- Elbow Injuries
Anatomy
- elbow