Arthroscopic Treatment of Stiff Elbow

Table 1

Review of the most meaningful outcomes in term of range of motion related to arthroscopic capsular procedures (capsular release, capsulectomy, and capsulotomy).

		Preoperatory			Follow-up months	Postoperatory
		Extension (deg)	Flexion (deg)	Arc (deg)		Extension (deg)	Flexion (deg)	Arc (deg)
Kim et al. [24]		21	113	92	25 (12–46)	14	130	116
Phillips and Strasburger [25]		31,5	118,2	87,2	18 (6–34)	6,8	134,6	128,2
Savoie et al. [26]		40	90	50	32 (24–60)	8	139	131
Ball et al. [27]		35,4	117,5	82,1	(12–29)*	9,3	133	123,6
Nguyen et al. [6]		38	122	84	25 (12–47)	19	141	122
Kelly et al. [28]		20	131	111	67 (24–123)	9	141	132

*Average not available.