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Endoscopy Around the Elbow

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Arthroscopy of the elbow joint is well established. However, soft tissue endoscopy around the elbow is relatively new, having been made possible by new techniques and advances in equipment design. As techniques evolve and evidence supporting these techniques is published, soft tissue endoscopy around the elbow may become common practice.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia

    Duncan Thomas McGuire & Gregory Ian Bain

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    Gregory Ian Bain

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    Luigi Adriano Pederzini

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McGuire, D.T., Bain, G.I. (2013). Endoscopy Around the Elbow. In: Pederzini, L. (eds) Elbow Arthroscopy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38103-4_7

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