Master Tech Ortho Surgery Elbow CH1

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PART I Exposures

FIGURE 1B-23 A: With the patient in a supine position with the arm brought across the chest, the distal portion of the Kocher incision is made over the radial head and over the lateral epicondyle. B: The interval between the anconeus and extensor carpi ulnaris is well visualized here.

Technique ●● The interval between the anconeus and extensor carpi ulnaris is identified and entered (Fig. 1B-24A and B). ●● For excision of the radial head, the extensor carpi ulnaris and a small portion of the supinator muscle are dissected free of the capsule and retracted anteriorly (Fig. 1B-25).

Triceps muscle

Extensor carpi ulnaris muscle

Anconeus muscle

B

FIGURE 1B-24