MRIOnline MRI Mastery Series: Elbow 2021

One of the busiest joints in your body, just three bones come together to activate the hinge joint that is your elbow. It is often the rotational elements of the arm which can make elbow evaluation more complex – the stabilizing ligaments and tendons and the interwoven muscles involve much more than just the biceps/triceps combo.

In order to get to the bottom of your patient’s complaint, often you’ll need to consider the tunnels of the upper and lower arm with all their inhabitants, including the nerves and vasculature. Anatomic misdirection beyond the joint “fortress” is entirely possible once you venture outside the bony architecture. There are theoretically a finite number of pathologies discoverable within this joint – but most elbow scans are performed on children and athletes. Depending upon your practice, you actually might not see much elbow MR.

Our Elbow MRI Mastery Series is your opportunity to be prepared for almost anything. Dislocations or epicondylitis might be fairly straightforward, but the range of activities that can give rise to elbow injury is broad. Gymnastics as well as other team sports come to mind, but we’ve seen many injuries from falls on outstretched arms (skateboarding, rollerblading, cycling). Overuse syndromes from tennis, repetitive work tasks and other rotating-arm activities can leave you wondering which inflammation is acute, and which is chronic.

You’ll likely find a similar case in the Mastery series or the associated Advanced Orthopedic and Joint MRI series, Case Reviews, and Professional series. Our thorough and detailed anatomy module is just the ticket to make your referring clinician think you’ve seen a thousand elbows (or more, like we have). This is a joint where it is relatively easy to appear knowledgeable, WITH the appropriate groundwork and preparation. Let us be your guide to the “funny” bone!

Elbow MRI Anatomy & Diganosis Covered in this Course

Anconeus muscle
Anterior bundle of the medial collateral ligament (AMCL)
Avulsion fractures
Biceps muscle
Brachialis muscle
Collateral ligaments
Dislocation (Anterior)
Dislocation (Posterior)
Epicondylitis
Extension deficit
Fall on outstretched hand (FOOSH)
Ligament ruptures
MCL rupture
Median nerves
Pulling and twisting injuries
Radial anatomy
Radial nerves
Tennis elbow
Triceps muscle
Ulnar anatomy
Valgus injury
And much more…

Topics:

Why Do We Image the Elbow? – 2 min

Protocols and Sequences – 39 min

Search Pattern for the Elbow – 14 min

Coronal Technique – 8 min

Axial Technique – 7 min

Sagittal Technique – 3 min

Sagittal Technique: Small Field of View – 7 min

Anatomy – 58 min

The Collateral Ligaments – 5 min

Column Theory – 3 min

Ulnar Anatomy – 2 min

Radial Anatomy – 3 min

The Fortress Concept – 6 min

Articular Relationships – 2 min

Fortress Concept: Ligamentous Stabilizers – 3 min

Fortress Concept: Medial Ligaments – 4 min

Fortress Concept: Lateral Stabilizers – 3 min

Bony Anatomy – 3 min

Triceps Muscle – 2 min

Biceps Muscle – 2 min

Biceps and Brachialis Muscle & Tendon – 3 min

Anconeus Muscle – 1 min

AMCL – 3 min

Lateral Stabilizing Ligaments Part 1 – 2 min

Lateral Stabilizing Ligaments Part 2 – 2 min

Median & Radial Nerves – 4 min

Variations & Pitfalls – 3 min

Case Review – 82 min

Case Review: Mechanism of Dislocation – 6 min

Case Review: Status Post ATV Accident – 7 min

Case Review: Posterior vs. Anterior Dislocation – 2 min

Case Review: The Terrible Triad – 2 min

Case Review: 17-Year-Old Female Patient with Pulling Injury – 5 min

Case Review: 23 Year Old Professional Football Player Injured During Game – 3 min

Case Review: 14 Year Old Male Patient with Twisting Injury – 3 min

Case Review: Injuries of Overhead Throwing Athletes – 3 min

Case Review: Additional Findings from Previous Case – 2 min

Case Review: Overhead Athlete Checklist – 2 min

Case Review: 65 Year Old Male Patient Injured from F.O.O.S.H. – 8 min

Case Review: Patient Injured While Playing Football – 3 min

Case Review: 61 Year Old Male Patient with Elbow Instability – 2 min

Case Review: 8 Year Old Female Injured in F.O.O.S.H. – 3 min

Case Review: 14 Year Old Male Adult Patient with Medial Elbow Pain – 3 min

Case Review: 35 Year Old Man with Anterior Elbow Pain – 8 min

Case Review: 52 Year Old Male with Posterior Elbow Pain and Swelling – 7 min

Case Review: 47 Year Old Female Patient with Lateral Elbow Pain – 4 min

Case Review: Lateral vs. Medial Epicondylitis – 4 min

Case Review: 15 Year Old Gymnast with Extension Deficit – 4 min

Summary – 1 min

Summary – 1 min

Details: 46 Videos

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