Results of Neglected Posterior Dislocation of Elbow treated by open reduction, regardless of time since injury.

Neglected old posterior dislocations of elbow are mostly found in developing countries in significant numbers. There is marked scarcity in literature on this condition as far as developed countries are concerned. It poses a great challenge to the orthopaedic surgeons in developing countries as getting a good range of motion and good functional joint is difficult in such cases. We are reporting one of the largest series of 23 cases on posterior old neglected dislocation of elbow in this article. We opened the joint through posterior ( Krishnamurthy) approach with a lazy ‘S’ incision. We also used V–Y plasty in some cases. We also used the K wires to fix the reduced joint^1,2.

Neglected posterior elbow dislocation   Open reduction   stiffness   V–Y plasty.