Elbow Surgery

Minimally invasive operations for the rapid and painless recovery of elbow

The Elbow Surgery staff of the Clinica San Francesco treats all the elbow diseases, from those more common until the more delicate and particular cases. Thanks to experience during the years and the investments in research and instruments, the facility is today a national and international point of reference for the main elbow and superior limb pathologies.

The prizes receveid by the Clinic during the last years for the outcomes of scientific activity and numerous research projects, prove the excellence of qualitative standard in the providing of diagnostic and therapeutic services for the elbow care.

The technology of the Elbow Surgery staff allows to carry out minimally invasive and arthroscopic elbow operations for ligament reconstruction, the “tennis elbow” and conservative articular prosthesis implants. By the minimally invasive arthroscopic procedure is possible to obtain better results, in terms of efficacy and rehabilitation times with a quicker return to job activity.

Surgical treatment for elbow pathologies

The Elbow Surgery staff of the Clinica San Francesco is specialized in the following pathologies:

• elbow arthrosis and rheumatoid arthritis
• elbow dislocation
• ankylosis
• epicondylitis
• epitrochleitis
• cubital tunnel syndrome
• tendon rupture
• ligament reconstruction
• compression of the radial nerve at the elbow
• surgery cleaning for elbow bursitis
• synovial sarcoma
• elbow osseous tumors
• elbow arthroscopy and reconstructive microsurgery
• traumatology (elbow fractures)

Today the elbow surgery, thanks to the continuous evolution of instruments and operative procedures, assures rapid results with very small complications even for operations that until a few years ago were considered particularly complicated and with uncertain outcomes.

Elbow postoperative antalgic procedure

After a particularly delicate elbow operation, an anesthetist supports constantly the patient, specialized in the prevention and treatment of pain through postoperative modern procedures and state of the art drugs. Generally the elbow minimally invasive surgery assures a less painful rehabilitative path, with a full recovery of articulation functionality and a more rapid return to the normality compared to the traditional surgery.