Luxación del codo con ruptura aguda del LUCL

Patients with chronic elbow instability may present with elbow pain and complain of clicking and catching with elbow extension when pushing off from a seated position. Physical examination reveals varus instability, tenderness over the LUCL and have a positive pivot-shift test; a positive apprehension test is also useful in the diagnosis. LUCL reconstruction may be indicated if elbow stability can’t be achieved with reduction and immobilization. The 4.75 mm Forked SwiveLock^® is an excellent fixation option to obtain isometric reconstruction with either a soft tissue graft or FiberTape^® InternalBrace™. The UCL reconstruction instrumentation set may also be a useful option as it is amenable to LUCL reconstruction techniques.